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Phospholipase C-beta 1 is a GTPase-activating protein for Gq/11, its physiologic regulator

  • Gabriel Berstein
  • , Jonathan Blank
  • , Deok-Young Jhon
  • , John H. Exton
  • , Sue Goo Rhee
  • , Elliott M. Ross
  • University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health
  • Yonsei University College of Medicine

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Abstract

Purified M1 muscarinic cholinergic receptor and Gq/11 were coreconstituted in lipid vesicles. Addition of purified phospholipase C-beta 1 (PLC-beta 1) further stimulated the receptor-promoted steady-state GTPase activity of Gq/11 up to 20-fold. Stimulation depended upon receptor-mediated GTP-GDP exchange. Addition of PLC-beta 1 caused a rapid burst of hydrolysis of Gq/11-bound GTP that was at least 50-fold faster than in its absence. Thus, PLC-beta 1 stimulates hydrolysis of Gq/11-bound GTP and acts as a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for its physiologic regulator, Gq/11. GTPase-stimulating activity was specific both for PLC-beta 1 and Gq/11. Such GAP activity by an effector coupled to a trimeric G protein can reconcile slow GTP hydrolysis by pure G proteins in vitro with fast physiologic deactivation of G protein-mediated signaling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)411-418
Number of pages8
JournalCell
Volume70
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Aug 1992
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Atropine/pharmacology
  • Catechols/pharmacology
  • Enzyme Activation
  • GTP Phosphohydrolases/metabolism
  • GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
  • GTPase-Activating Proteins
  • Guanosine Diphosphate/metabolism
  • Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Hydrolysis
  • Kinetics
  • Proteins/metabolism
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/metabolism
  • Receptors, Muscarinic/metabolism
  • Turkeys
  • Type C Phospholipases/metabolism

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