Posttranslational modification of Ha-ras p21 by farnesyl versus geranylgeranyl isoprenoids is determined by the COOH-terminal amino acid.
AUTOR(ES)
Kinsella, B T
RESUMO
ras proteins undergo posttranslational modification by a 15-carbon farnesyl isoprenoid at a cysteine within a defined COOH-terminal amino acid motif; i.e., Cys-Ali-Ali-Ser/Met (where Ali represents an aliphatic residue). In other low molecular mass GTP-binding proteins, cysteines are modified by 20-carbon geranylgeranyl groups within a Cys-Ali-Ali-Leu motif. We changed the terminal Ser-189 of Ha-ras p21 to Leu-189 by site-directed mutagenesis and found that the protein was modified by [3H]geranylgeranyl instead of [3H]farnesyl in an in vitro assay. Gel-permeation chromatography of [3H]mevalonate-labeled hydrocarbons released from immunoprecipitated ras proteins overexpressed in COS cells indicated that Ha-ras p21(Leu-189) was also a substrate for 20-carbon isoprenyl modification in vivo. Additional steps in Ha-ras p21 processing, normally initiated by farnesylation, appear to be supported by geranylgeranylation, based on metabolic labeling of Ha-ras p21(Leu-189) with [3H]palmitate and its subcellular localization in a particulate fraction from COS cells. These observations indicate that the amino acid occupying the terminal position (Xaa) in the Cys-Ali-Ali-Xaa motif constitutes a key structural feature by which Ha-ras p21 and other proteins with ras-like COOH-terminal isoprenylation sites are distinguished as substrates for farnesyl- or geranylgeranyltransferases.
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