Phosducin (Pdc), a highly conserved phosphoprotein involved in the regulation of retinal phototransduction cascade, transcriptional control, and modulation of blood pressure, is controlled in a phosphorylation-dependent manner, including the binding to the 14-3-3 protein. However, the molecular mechanism of this regulation is largely unknown. Here, the solution structure of Pdc and its interaction with the 14-3-3 protein were investigated using small angle x-ray scattering, time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, and hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry. The 14-3-3 protein dimer interacts with Pdc using surfaces both inside and outside its central channel. The N-terminal domain of Pdc, where both phosphorylation sites and the 14-3-3-binding motifs are located, is an intrinsically disordered protein that reduces its flexibility in several regions without undergoing dramatic disorder-to-order transition upon binding to 14-3-3. Our data also indicate that the C-terminal domain of Pdc interacts with the outside surface of the 14-3-3 dimer through the region involved in Gtβγ binding. In conclusion, we show that the 14-3-3 protein interacts with and sterically occludes both the N- and C-terminal Gtβγ binding interfaces of phosphorylated Pdc, thus providing a mechanistic explanation for the 14-3-3-dependent inhibition of Pdc function.

From the Departments of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry and the Institutes of Physiology and

Microbiology Czech Academy of Sciences 14220 Prague and Biochemistry Faculty of Science Charles University Prague 12843 Prague

the Institute of Physics Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University Prague 12116 Prague Czech Republic

the Institutes of Physiology and

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