Interactions between CREB2, ATFx, and GABAB receptor
subunits, as determined by β-galactosidase activity in the YTH
system. CREB2 and ATFx GAL4AD fusion protein and
GABAB receptor C termini GAL4BD fusion proteins
were coexpressed in the YTH system, and β-galactosidase activity was
determined. The regions of the GABAB-R1 expressed were
amino acids 854–961 (GABAB-R1a) and amino acids 877–928
for the coiled-coil (CC) domain. The amino acids expressed from the
GABAB-R2 C terminus were 744–941 and 779–847 for the
coiled-coil domain. The intensity of the resulting β-galactosidase
activity is indicated by the number of + signs. The relative positions
of the bZIP domain and the putative MAPK phosphorylation sites are
shown as hatched boxes and star symbols, respectively.