The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the 'regulator of G protein signaling' family. It inhibits signal transduction by increasing the GTPase activity of G protein alpha subunits. It also may play a role in regulating the kinetics of signaling in the phototransduction cascade.[2]
↑Snow BE, Antonio L, Suggs S, Siderovski DP (Jan 1998). "Cloning of a retinally abundant regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS-r/RGS16): genomic structure and chromosomal localization of the human gene". Gene. 206 (2): 247–53. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00593-3. PMID9469939.
↑Johnson EN, Seasholtz TM, Waheed AA, Kreutz B, Suzuki N, Kozasa T, Jones TL, Brown JH, Druey KM (Dec 2003). "RGS16 inhibits signalling through the G alpha 13-Rho axis". Nature Cell Biology. 5 (12): 1095–103. doi:10.1038/ncb1065. PMID14634662.
↑Chen C, Zheng B, Han J, Lin SC (Mar 1997). "Characterization of a novel mammalian RGS protein that binds to Galpha proteins and inhibits pheromone signaling in yeast". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (13): 8679–85. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.13.8679. PMID9079700.
↑Beadling C, Druey KM, Richter G, Kehrl JH, Smith KA (Mar 1999). "Regulators of G protein signaling exhibit distinct patterns of gene expression and target G protein specificity in human lymphocytes". Journal of Immunology. 162 (5): 2677–82. PMID10072511.
Further reading
Berman DM, Wilkie TM, Gilman AG (Aug 1996). "GAIP and RGS4 are GTPase-activating proteins for the Gi subfamily of G protein alpha subunits". Cell. 86 (3): 445–52. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80117-8. PMID8756726.
De Vries L, Zheng B, Fischer T, Elenko E, Farquhar MG (2000). "The regulator of G protein signaling family". Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 40: 235–71. doi:10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.40.1.235. PMID10836135.
Chen C, Zheng B, Han J, Lin SC (Mar 1997). "Characterization of a novel mammalian RGS protein that binds to Galpha proteins and inhibits pheromone signaling in yeast". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (13): 8679–85. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.13.8679. PMID9079700.
Luo X, Popov S, Bera AK, Wilkie TM, Muallem S (Mar 2001). "RGS proteins provide biochemical control of agonist-evoked [Ca2+]i oscillations". Molecular Cell. 7 (3): 651–60. doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00211-8. PMID11463389.
Natochin M, Lipkin VM, Artemyev NO (Jul 1997). "Interaction of human retinal RGS with G-protein alpha-subunits". FEBS Letters. 411 (2–3): 179–82. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00687-X. PMID9271201.
Beadling C, Druey KM, Richter G, Kehrl JH, Smith KA (Mar 1999). "Regulators of G protein signaling exhibit distinct patterns of gene expression and target G protein specificity in human lymphocytes". Journal of Immunology. 162 (5): 2677–82. PMID10072511.
Druey KM, Ugur O, Caron JM, Chen CK, Backlund PS, Jones TL (Jun 1999). "Amino-terminal cysteine residues of RGS16 are required for palmitoylation and modulation of Gi- and Gq-mediated signaling". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (26): 18836–42. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.26.18836. PMID10373502.
Chatterjee TK, Fisher RA (Aug 2000). "Cytoplasmic, nuclear, and golgi localization of RGS proteins. Evidence for N-terminal and RGS domain sequences as intracellular targeting motifs". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (31): 24013–21. doi:10.1074/jbc.M002082200. PMID10791963.
Wieland T, Bahtijari N, Zhou XB, Kleuss C, Simon MI (Sep 2000). "Polarity exchange at the interface of regulators of G protein signaling with G protein alpha-subunits". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (37): 28500–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M004187200. PMID10878019.
Chen C, Wang H, Fong CW, Lin SC (Aug 2001). "Multiple phosphorylation sites in RGS16 differentially modulate its GAP activity". FEBS Letters. 504 (1–2): 16–22. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02757-0. PMID11522288.
Derrien A, Druey KM (Dec 2001). "RGS16 function is regulated by epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (51): 48532–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M108862200. PMID11602604.
Derrien A, Zheng B, Osterhout JL, Ma YC, Milligan G, Farquhar MG, Druey KM (May 2003). "Src-mediated RGS16 tyrosine phosphorylation promotes RGS16 stability". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (18): 16107–16. doi:10.1074/jbc.M210371200. PMID12588871.
Osterhout JL, Waheed AA, Hiol A, Ward RJ, Davey PC, Nini L, Wang J, Milligan G, Jones TL, Druey KM (May 2003). "Palmitoylation regulates regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) 16 function. II. Palmitoylation of a cysteine residue in the RGS box is critical for RGS16 GTPase accelerating activity and regulation of Gi-coupled signalling". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (21): 19309–16. doi:10.1074/jbc.M210124200. PMID12642592.
Hiol A, Davey PC, Osterhout JL, Waheed AA, Fischer ER, Chen CK, Milligan G, Druey KM, Jones TL (May 2003). "Palmitoylation regulates regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) 16 function. I. Mutation of amino-terminal cysteine residues on RGS16 prevents its targeting to lipid rafts and palmitoylation of an internal cysteine residue". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (21): 19301–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M210123200. PMID12642593.
Johnson EN, Seasholtz TM, Waheed AA, Kreutz B, Suzuki N, Kozasa T, Jones TL, Brown JH, Druey KM (Dec 2003). "RGS16 inhibits signalling through the G alpha 13-Rho axis". Nature Cell Biology. 5 (12): 1095–103. doi:10.1038/ncb1065. PMID14634662.
Ross EM, Wilkie TM (2000). "GTPase-activating proteins for heterotrimeric G proteins: regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) and RGS-like proteins". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 69: 795–827. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.69.1.795. PMID10966476.
Sierra DA, Gilbert DJ, Householder D, Grishin NV, Yu K, Ukidwe P, Barker SA, He W, Wensel TG, Otero G, Brown G, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Wilkie TM (Feb 2002). "Evolution of the regulators of G-protein signaling multigene family in mouse and human". Genomics. 79 (2): 177–85. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6693. PMID11829488.
Wilkie TM, Kinch L (Oct 2005). "New roles for Galpha and RGS proteins: communication continues despite pulling sisters apart". Current Biology. 15 (20): R843–54. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.008. PMID16243026.