Molecular dissection of the interaction between hBLT2 and the G protein alpha subunits

Krishna Moorthy Vukoti, Won Kyu Lee, Ho Jun Kim, Young Kim Ick, Gyeong Yang Eun, Cheolju Lee, Gyu Yu Yeon

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    Abstract

    Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a potent chemoattractant for leukocytes and considered to be an inflammatory mediator. Human BLT2 (hBLT2) is a low-affinity G-protein coupled receptor for LTB4 and mediates pertussis toxin-sensitive chemotactic cell movement. Here, we dissected the interaction between hBLT2 and G-protein alpha subunits using GST fusion proteins containing intracellular regions of hBLT2 and various G α protein including G αi1, G αi2, G αi3, G αs1, G αo1, and G αz. Among the tested G α subunits, G αi3 showed the highest binding to the third intracellular loop region of hBLT2 with a dissociation constant (KD) of 5.0 × 10-6 M. These results suggest that G αi3 has the highest affinity to hBLT2, and the third intracellular loop region of hBLT2 is the major component for the interaction with G αi3.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1005-1009
    Number of pages5
    JournalBulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
    Volume28
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007 Jun 20

    Keywords

    • G-protein
    • GPCR-G protein interaction
    • Intracellular loop
    • Leukotriene B4
    • hBLT2

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry

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