The visual G protein of fly photoreceptors interacts with the PDZ domain assembled INAD signaling complex via direct binding of activated Galpha(q) to phospholipase cbeta |
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Authors: | Bähner M Sander P Paulsen R Huber A |
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Institution: | Department of Cell, Institute of Zoology, University of Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. |
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Abstract: | Visual transduction in the compound eye of flies is a well-established model system for the study of G protein-coupled transduction pathways. Pivotal components of this signaling pathway, including the principal light-activated Ca(2+) channel transient receptor potential, an eye-specific protein kinase C, and the norpA-encoded phospholipase Cbeta, are assembled into a supramolecular signaling complex by the modular PDZ domain protein INAD. We have used immunoprecipitation assays to study the interaction of the heterotrimeric visual G protein with this INAD signaling complex. Light-activated Galpha(q)- guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) and AlF(4)(-)-activated Galpha(q), but not Gbetagamma, form a stable complex with the INAD signaling complex. This interaction requires the presence of norpA-encoded phospholipase Cbeta, indicating that phospholipase Cbeta is the target of activated Galpha(q). Our data establish that the INAD signaling complex is a light-activated target of the phototransduction pathway, with Galpha(q) forming a molecular on-off switch that shuttles the visual signal from activated rhodopsin to INAD-linked phospholipase Cbeta. |
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