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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 31, 19722-19728, July 31, 1998

HtrI Is a Dimer Whose Interface Is Sensitive to Receptor Photoactivation and His-166 Replacements in Sensory Rhodopsin I

From the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030

Single cysteine substitutions were introduced into three positions of otherwise cysteineless HtrI, a phototaxis transducer found in Halobacterium salinarum that transmits signals from the photoreceptor sensory rhodopsin I (SRI) to a cytoplasmic pathway controlling the cell's motility. Oxidative cross-linking of the monocysteine HtrI mutants in membrane suspensions resulted in dimer forms evident in SDS-polyacrylamide gels. The rate of cross-linking of I64C on the cytoplasmic side of HtrI was accelerated by SRI binding in the dark and further increased by SRI photoactivation. Several residue replacements of His-166 in SRI accelerated the cross-linking rate of I64C in the dark and His-166 mutants that exhibit "inverted signaling" (mediating repellent instead of the normally attractant response to orange light) inverted the light effect on the cross-linking rate of I64C. Secondary structure prediction of HtrI indicates a coiled coil structure in the cytoplasmic region following TM2, a dimerization domain found in a diverse group of proteins. We conclude that 1) HtrI exists as a dimer both in the absence of SRI and in the SRI-HtrI complex, 2) binding of SRI in the dark increases reactivity of the two cysteines at position 64 in the dimer by increasing their proximity or mobility, 3) light activation of wild-type SRI further increases their reactivity, 4) His-166 replacements in the SRI receptor have conformational effects on the structure of HtrI at position 64, and 5) inverted signaling by His-166 mutants likely results from an inverted conformational change at this region induced by SRI photoactivation.

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