Hydrogen-bonding dynamics between adjacent blades in G-protein beta-subunit regulates GIRK channel activation.

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Functionally critical domains in the betagamma-subunits of the G-protein (Gbetagamma) do not undergo large structural rearrangements upon binding to other proteins. Here we show that a region containing Ser(67) and Asp(323) of Gbetagamma is a critical determinant of G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K(+) (GIRK) channel activation and undergoes only small structural changes upon mutation of these residues. Using...

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