Mutational analysis of the cysteines in the extracellular domain of the human Ca2+ receptor: effects on cell surface expression, dimerization and signal transduction

FEBS Letters

Spiegel, Allen M¹  Ray, Kausik¹  Goldsmith, Paul K¹  Zhao, Xin-mei¹  Fan, Gao-Feng¹ 

[1] Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 9N-222, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

关键词: G protein-coupled receptor;    Disulfide;    Human calcium receptor;    CaR;    calcium receptor;    mGluR;    metabotropic glutamate receptor;    ECD;    extracellular domain;    PI;    phosphoinositide;    ELISA;    enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay;   

DOI  :  10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01165-X

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

Mammalian calcium receptors (CaRs) share with the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) the relative positions of 16 cysteine residues in the amino-terminal extracellular domain. To investigate the role of these cysteines, a series of mutants in the extracellular domain of the human CaR was prepared in which each of these 16 cysteine residues and three others not conserved in the mGluRs were replaced by serines. Wild-type and mutant CaR cDNAs were expressed in HEK-293 cells, and evaluated for expression and response to extracellular calcium. Mutation of three non-conserved cysteines and of two conserved cysteines produced proteins with near wild-type phenotype. In contrast, mutation of the other conserved cysteines gave proteins that showed drastic reduction in cell surface expression and/or failed to respond to calcium. We identified 14 cysteines essential for proper trafficking and function of the receptor, two of which may be involved in formation of a disulfide-linked dimer.

【 授权许可】

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