Structure and function in rhodopsin: correct folding and misfolding in point mutants at and in proximity to the site of the retinitis pigmentosa mutation Leu-125-->Arg in the transmembrane helix C.
AUTOR(ES)
Garriga, P
RESUMO
L125R is a mutation in the transmembrane helix C of rhodopsin that is associated with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. To probe the orientation of the helix and its packing in the transmembrane domain, we have prepared and studied the mutations E122R, I123R, A124R, S127R, L125F, and L125A at, and in proximity to, the above mutation site. Like L125R, the opsin expressed in COS-1 cells from E122R did not bind 11-cis-retinal, whereas those from I123R and S127R formed the rhodopsin chromophore partially. A124R opsin formed the rhodopsin chromophore (lambda max 495 nm) in the dark, but the metarhodopsin II formed on illumination decayed about 6.5 times faster than that of the wild type and was defective in transducin activation. The mutant opsins from L125F and L125A bound 11-cis-retinal only partially, and in both cases, the mixtures of the proteins produced were separated into retinal-binding and non-retinal-binding (misfolded) fractions. The purified mutant rhodopsin from L125F showed lambda max at 500 nm, whereas that from L125A showed lambda max at 503 nm. The mutant rhodopsin L125F showed abnormal bleaching behavior and both mutants on illumination showed destabilized metarhodopsin II species and reduced transducin activation. Because previous results have indicated that misfolding in rhodopsin is due to the formation of a disulfide bond other than the normal disulfide bond between Cys-110 and Cys-187 in the intradiscal domain, we conclude from the misfolding in mutants L125F and L125A that the folding in vivo in the transmembrane domain is coupled to that in the intradiscal domain.
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