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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
The calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) belongs to family C of the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily. The receptor is believed to exist as a homodimer due to covalent and non-covalent interactions between the two amino terminal domains (ATDs). It is well established that agonist binding to family C receptors takes place at the ATD and that this causes the ATD dimer to twist. However, very little is known about the translation of the ATD dimer twist into G-protein coupling to the 7 transmembrane moieties (7TMs) of these receptor dimers. In this study we have attempted to delineate the agonist-induced intermolecular movements in the CaR homodimer using the new bioluminescence resonance energy transfer technique, BRET2, which is based on the transference of energy from Renilla luciferase (Rluc) to the green fluorescent protein mutant GFP2. We tagged CaR with Rluc and GFP2 at different intracellular locations. Stable and highly receptor-specific BRET signals were obtained in tsA cells transfected with Rluc- and GFP2-tagged CaRs under basal conditions, indicating that CaR is constitutively dimerized. However, the signals were not enhanced by the presence of agonist. These results could indicate that at least parts of the two 7TMs of the CaR homodimer are in close proximity in the inactivated state of the receptor and do not move much relative to one another upon agonist activation. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that the BRET technology is unable to register putative conformational changes in the CaR homodimer induced by agonist binding because of the bulk sizes of the Rluc and GFP2 molecules.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Green Fluorescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Inositol Phosphates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luciferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luminescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, AMPA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Angiotensin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Calcium-Sensing, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cell Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/glutamate receptor ionotropic...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
269
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5076-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Biophysics, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Energy Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Inositol Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Luminescent Measurements, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Receptors, AMPA, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Receptors, Angiotensin, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Receptors, Calcium-Sensing, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12383267-Recombinant Proteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Probing intermolecular protein-protein interactions in the calcium-sensing receptor homodimer using bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET).
pubmed:affiliation
NeuroScience PharmaBiotec Research Centre, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark. aaj@dfh.dk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't