Mechanism involved in the modulation of photoreceptor-specific cyclic nucleotide- gated channel by the tyrosine kinase adapter protein Grb14

Abstract

We recently found that growth factor receptor-bound (Grb) protein 14 is a novel physiological modulator of photoreceptor specific cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha subunit (CNGA1). Grb14 promotes the CNG channel closure through its Ras-associating (RA) domain. In the current study we show that this RA domain-mediated inhibition of rod CNG channel is electrostatic in nature. Grb14 competes with cGMP for the CNGA1 binding pocket and electrostatically interacts with Arg⁵⁵⁹ through a negatively charged β-turn at its RA domain. Moreover, the three Glu residues (180--182) in Grb14 are absolutely critical for electrostatic interaction with the cGMP binding pocket and resultant inhibition. Our study also demonstrates that substitution of Lys140 for Ala or in combination with polyglutamte mutants of Grb14 results in a significantly reduced binding with CNGA1. These results suggest that in addition to Glu^180--182 and Lys¹⁴⁰, other residues in Grb14 may be involved in the electrostatic interaction with CNGA1. The RA domain is highly conserved among the members of Grb7 family of proteins, which includes Grb7, Grb10 and Grb14. Further, only Grb14 is able to modulate the channel activity, but not Grb7 and Grb10. All together, it suggests the existence of a divergence in RA domains among the members of the Grb7 family.

Keywords

growth factor receptor-bound protein 14 (Grb14) / Ras-associating domain / cyclic nucleotide gated channel / rod outer segments / tyrosine kinase signaling

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