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  • Title: The hydrophobic amino acid residues in the membrane-proximal C tail of the G protein-coupled vasopressin V2 receptor are necessary for transport-competent receptor folding.
    Author: Thielen A, Oueslati M, Hermosilla R, Krause G, Oksche A, Rosenthal W, Schülein R.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 2005 Sep 26; 579(23):5227-35. PubMed ID: 16162341.
    Abstract:
    It is believed that the membrane-proximal C tail of the G protein-coupled receptors forms an additional alpha helix with amphipathic properties (helix 8). It was previously shown for the vasopressin V2 receptor (V2R) that a conserved dileucine motif (L(339), L(340)) in this putative helix 8 is necessary for endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to Golgi transfer of the receptor. Here, we demonstrate that the other hydrophobic residues forming the non-polar side of this helix (F(328), V(332) and L(336)) are also transport-relevant. In contrast, the multiple serine residues contributing to the more hydrophilic side (S(330), S(331), S(333), S(334), S(338)) do not influence receptor trafficking. In addition, we show unambiguously by the use of pharmacological chaperones that the hydrophobic residues of the putative helix 8 do not form a transport signal necessary for receptor sorting into ER to Golgi vesicles. Instead, they are necessary to establish a transport-competent folding state in the early secretory pathway.
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