RGD Reference Report - A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 facilitates the phosphorylation of GABA(A) receptors by cAMP-dependent protein kinase via selective interaction with receptor beta subunits. - Rat Genome Database

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A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 facilitates the phosphorylation of GABA(A) receptors by cAMP-dependent protein kinase via selective interaction with receptor beta subunits.

Authors: Brandon, NJ  Jovanovic, JN  Colledge, M  Kittler, JT  Brandon, JM  Scott, JD  Moss, SJ 
Citation: Brandon NJ, etal., Mol Cell Neurosci 2003 Jan;22(1):87-97.
RGD ID: 632238
Pubmed: PMID:12595241   (View Abstract at PubMed)

GABA(A) receptors, the key mediators of fast synaptic inhibition in the brain, are predominantly constructed from alpha(1-6), beta(1-3), gamma(1-3), and delta subunit classes. Phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) differentially regulates receptor function dependent upon beta subunit identity, but how this kinase is selectively targeted to GABA(A) receptor subtypes remains unresolved. Here we establish that the A-kinase anchoring protein 150 (AKAP150), directly binds to the receptor beta1 and beta3, but not to alpha1, alpha2, alpha3, alpha6, beta2, gamma2, or delta subunits. Furthermore, AKAP79/150 is critical for PKA-mediated phosphorylation of the receptor beta3 subunit. Together, our observations suggest a mechanism for the selective targeting of PKA to GABA(A) receptor subtypes containing the beta1 or beta3 subunits dependent upon AKAP150. Therefore, the selective interaction of beta subunits with AKAP150 may facilitate GABA(A) receptor subtype-specific functional modulation by PKA activity which may have profound local effects on neuronal excitation.

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Molecular Function
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
GABA receptor binding  IDA 632238beta1 and beta3 subunitsRGD 
protein domain specific binding  IDA 632238GABAA receptor beta1 intracellular domainRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Akap5  (A-kinase anchoring protein 5)


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