REGULATORs OF G PROTEIN SIGNALING & DRUGS OF ABUSE

Table 1.

Mammalian RGS Proteins

RGS family Domains present RGS1 G protein specificity References to Drugs of Abuse2
1Alternative names are given in parentheses.
2RGS-insensitive mutants of Gαo are used in references 26, 87, and 88.
3RGS3 is much larger than other members of the R4 family and has multiple splice variants, some of which include a PDZ domain.
4RGS12 has a splice variant with N-terminal PDZ and PTB domains and interacts with N-type calcium channels.
5Rho GEF RH domains have GAP activity toward Gα12, Gα13, and Gαq, but their primary function appears to be as effectors, not inhibitors, of signaling.
6GRK2 and GRK3 only.
Abbreviations: D-AKAP2, dual-specificity A-kinase-anchoring protein 2; GAIP, Gα-interacting protein; GEF, guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor; GRK, G-protein receptor kinase; LARG, leukaemia-associated RhoGEF; PDZ, PSD95/Dlg/Z0-1 domain; RGS, regulator of G-protein signaling; R9AP, R9-associated protein; R7PB, R7 binding protein; SNX, sorting nexin.
Classical RGS – known Gα binding, GAP activity, and functional inhibition
RZ Cysteine-string RGS19 (GAIP) Gi Gz Gq
RGS17 (RGS Z2) Gi Gz Gq
RGS20 RGS Z1) Gi, Gz 86
R4 N-terminal amphipathic sequence RGS1 Gi Gq
RGS4 Gi Gq 69,78,79,80, 29, 95, 86
RGS2 Gq»Gi 34,68,69,70,85,86
RGS33 Gi Gq 68,70,86
RGS5 Gi Gq 68,70
RGS8 Gi Gq
RGS13 ND
RGS16 Gi Gq
RGS18 Gi Gq 86
RGS21 Gi Gq
R7 GGL–(Gβ5)
 DEP–(R9AP, R7BP) RGS9 Go 29,68,69,82,86
RGS7 Goα > Giα2 > Giα1
RGS11 Go 86
RGS6 Go 86
R12 GoLoco–(Gα-GDP)
 RBD–(rap)
 PDZ RGS124 Gi
RGS14 Gi
RGS10 Gi
RGS Homology – Gα binding
RhoGEF5 DH/PH–(Rho exchange factor activity) p115RhoGEF G12, G13
LARG G12 G12, Gq
PDZRhoGEF G13
GRK GRK (receptor kinase)
 PH+ (βγbinding)6 GRK2 Gq
GRK3 Gq
GRK1 ND
GRK4 ND
GRK5 ND
GRK6 ND
GRK7 ND
RGS Homology (RH) – Gα actions unknown
Axin RH domain binds APC (β-catenin, GSK-3, Wnt signaling) Axin ND
Axil ND
AKAP AKAP
 PDZ D-AKAP2 ND
SNX PX SNX13 ? Gs
SNX14 ? Gs
SNX25 ? Gs

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  1. MI February 2005 vol. 5 no. 1 30-41