The All-trans-15-syn-retinal chromophore of metarhodopsin III is a partial agonist and not an inverse agonist.

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Mohana Mahalingam,Reiner Vogel,Mohana Mahalingam,Reiner Vogel,

Meta III is formed during the decay of rhodopsin's active receptor state at neutral to alkaline pH by thermal isomerization of the retinal Schiff base C15=N bond, converting the ligand from all-trans 15-anti to all-trans 15-syn. The thereby induced change of ligand geometry switches the receptor to an inactive conformation, such that the decay pathway to Meta III contributes to the deactivation of the signaling state at higher pH values. We have examined the conformation of Meta III over a wider pH range and found that Meta III exists in a pH-dependent conformational equilibrium between this inactive conformation at neutral to alkaline pH and an active conformation similar to that of Meta II, which, however, is assumed at very acidic pH only. The apparent pKa of this transition is around 5.1 and thus several units lower than that of the Meta I/Meta II photoproduct equilibrium with its all-trans 15-anti ligand, but still about 1 unit higher than that of the opsin conformational equilibrium in the absence of ligand. The all-trans-15-syn-retinal chromophore is therefore not an inverse agonist like 11-cis- or 9-cis-retinal, which lock the receptor in an inactive conformation, but a classical partial agonist, which is capable of activating the receptor, yet with an efficiency considerably lower than the full agonist all-trans 15-anti. As the Meta III chromophore differs structurally from this full agonist only in the isomeric state of the C15=N bond, this ligand represents an excellent model system to study principal mechanisms of partial agonism which are helpful to understand the partial agonist behavior of other ligands.

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Biochemistry

VOLUME: 45

Page Numbers: 15624-32

Journal Abbreviation: Biochemistry

ISSN: 1520-4995

DAY: 1

MONTH: 12

YEAR: 2006

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