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Ste2p Under the Microscope: the Investigation of Oligomeric States of a Yeast G Protein-Coupled Receptor

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
卷 125, 期 33, 页码 9526-9536

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05872

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  1. Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak grant) [118Z590, 118Z694]
  2. NIH [GM112496]

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The study revealed that the yeast mating pheromone GPCR Ste2p exists as a tetrameric complex at least on the plasma membrane, with a significant increase in FRET values in its active form.
Oligomerization of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) may play important roles in maturation, internalization, signaling, and pharmacology of these receptors. However, the nature and extent of their oligomerization is still under debate. In our study, Ste2p, a yeast mating pheromone GPCR, was tagged with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), mCherry, and with split florescent protein fragments at the receptor C-terminus. The Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique was used to detect receptors' oligomerization by calculating the energy transfer from EGFP to mCherry. Stimulation of Ste2p oligomers with the receptor ligand did not result in any significant change on observed FRET values. The bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay was combined with FRET to further investigate the tetrameric complexes of Ste2p. Our results suggest that in its quiescent (nonligand-activated) state, Ste2p is found at least as a tetrameric complex on the plasma membrane. Intriguingly, receptor tetramers in their active form showed a significant increase in FRET. This study provides a direct in vivo visualization of Ste2p tetramers and the pheromone effect on the extent of the receptor oligomerization.

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