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In Drosophila, phototransduction is mediated by G(q)-activation of phospholipase C and is a well studied model system for understanding the kinetics of signal initiation, propagation and termination controlled by G proteins. The proper intracellular targeting and spatial arrangement of most proteins involved in fly phototransduction require the multi-domain scaffolding protein InaD, composed almost entirely of five PDZ domains, which independently bind various proteins including NorpA, the relevant phospho lipase C-beta isozyme. We have determined the crystal structure of the N-terminal PDZ domain of InaD bound to a peptide corresponding to the C-terminus of NorpA to 1.8 A resolution. The structure highlights an intermolecular disulfide bond necessary for high affinity interaction as determined by both in vitro and in vivo studies. Since other proteins also possess similar, cysteine-containing consensus sequences for binding PDZ domains, this disulfide-mediated 'dock-and-lock' interaction of PDZ domains with their ligands may be a relatively ubiquitous mode of coordinating signaling pathways.

1IHJ is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phospholipase_C Phospholipase C], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.1.4.3 3.1.4.3] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1IHJ OCA].  

[[Category: Kimple, M E.]]

[[Category: Siderovski, D P.]]

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