G protein-coupled receptor kinase
G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs, GPCRKs) are a family of protein kinases that regulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) by phosphorylating their intracellular domains after their associated G proteins have been released and activated.
The phosphorylated serine and threonine residues act as binding sites for arrestin proteins that prevent the reassociation of the G proteins with their receptors, thereby preventing reactivation of the signaling pathway.
GRKs regulate also cellular responses independent of their kinase activity. In particular, G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 interacts with a diverse repertoire of non-GPCR substrates.[2]
GRK1 is involved with Rhodopsin phosphorlylation and deactivation. Defects in GRK1 result in Oguchi disease 2.[3]
Types of GRKs
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Further reading
- Sobierajska K, Fabczak H, Fabczak S (2005). "Mechanisms of Regulation and Function of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases]". Postepy Biochemii (in Polish) 51 (4): 421–9. PMID 16676577.
- Ribas C, Penela P, Murga C, Salcedo A, García-Hoz C, Jurado-Pueyo M, Aymerich I, Mayor F (April 2007). "The G protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK) interactome: role of GRKs in GPCR regulation and signaling". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1768 (4): 913–22. doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.09.019. PMID 17084806.
- Ma L, Gao J, Chen X (2005). "G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases". In Devi LA. The G Protein-Coupled Receptors Handbook (Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. ISBN 1-58829-365-3.
- Kurose H (2000). "G Protein-Coupled Kinases and Desensitization of Receptors". In Bernstein G, Tatsuya H. G protein-coupled receptors. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-3384-9.
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