dRGS7 encodes a Drosophila homolog of EGL-10 and vertebrate RGS7

DNA Cell Biol. 1998 Nov;17(11):983-9. doi: 10.1089/dna.1998.17.983.

Abstract

We identified a Drosophila gene encoding a homolog of the regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) protein family. This gene (dRGS7) is expressed in neurons of the embryo and adult fly and is predicted to encode a 428-amino acid protein with >55% overall amino acid sequence identity with the vertebrate protein RGS7 and the C. elegans EGL-10. The dRGS7 protein is 50% conserved in the C-terminal RGS domain with RGS7 and EGL-10 but, remarkably, displays much greater conservation with the N-terminal regions of these proteins. This finding implies a conserved function for these homologs from divergent species involving domains outside the RGS domain. The dRGS7 protein also has a domain of similarity with Dishevelled and pleckstrin, raising the possibility that these proteins interact with common signaling components.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins*
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Drosophila / embryology
  • Drosophila / genetics*
  • Drosophila Proteins*
  • GTP-Binding Protein Regulators*
  • GTP-Binding Proteins*
  • Genes, Insect
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / genetics*
  • RGS Proteins*
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • EGL-10 protein, C elegans
  • GTP-Binding Protein Regulators
  • Proteins
  • RGS Proteins
  • RGS7 protein, human
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RSG7 protein, Drosophila
  • GTP-Binding Proteins