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Receptor Mutation Detail Information
Receptor Name:
 A1AA_HUMAN
Mutation Type:
 Substitution
Mutation Class:
 Multiple
Mutation Site:
 85
Original AA:
 Ile
Mutation Result:
 Thr
Mutation Domain:
Mutation Occurs at TM2 of the Receptor.
 
Related Reference:
 Pubmed ID: 8916917
Detail Description :
The alpha 1-adrenergic receptors (alpha 1-AR) belong to the G-protein coupled seven-transmembrane biogenic amine receptor family. Three subtypes have been successfully cloned in the alpha 1-adrenergic receptor family, and they share 50% identical amino acid sequences and 70% similarity. We have constructed seven chimeric receptors of the alpha 1A-AR. Each of the chimeras contains alpha 1D-subtype amino acid sequences within the membrane-spanning domains. Comparisons of ligand affinities with these chimeras has provided information on the importance of certain amino acid residues in determining receptor subtype specificity in the alpha 1A- and alpha 1D-ARs. With ligands in the dihydropyridine series, the niguldipine analog 1 was found to have respective pKi's of 9.32 +/- 0.17 for alpha 1A-AR; 6.84 +/- 0.24 for alpha 1D-AR; and 6.76 +/- 0.28 for alpha 1A/D(TM2), respectively. This trend was also exhibited by two other niguldipine analogs, 2 and 3, which had similar pKi's toward alpha 1D-AR and alpha 1A/D(TM2). This subtype selectivity was also maintained in the piperdine derivative, 4, and alpha 1A-AR selective ligand, which showed the same parallel trends in binding affinities with alpha 1A-AR and the six chimeras as the niguldipine analogs. Since in considering the second membrane-spanning domain, the alpha 1A- and alpha 1D-ARs only differ at positions 76, 77, 85, and 86, we were able to show through mutational studies that phenylalanine 86 is solely responsible for the selectivity found in the chimeric receptor alpha 1A/D(TM2) exhibited against the ligands 1-4 used in this study. A model based on the rhodopsin structure places the amino acid at position 86 in the final turn toward the extracellular region. This is four helical turns above aspartic acid-79, a conserved amino acid in the second membrane-spanning domain. This is the first report that suggests a significant involvement of the second membrane-spanning domain in antagonist binding in the biogenic amines class of the superfamily of seven-transmembrane receptors.
Work Group :
Department of Structural Chemistry, Glaxo-Wellcome Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
 
 
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