(A) cDNA and deduced protein sequence of human D-AKAP2.
Amino acid numbers are shown on the right. The two putative RGS domains
are underlined. The star indicates a stop codon. Vertical arrows
indicate the beginning of each numbered exon. Exons 1 and 15 extend
beyond the cDNA sequence we have. (B) Comparison of the
sequence of D-AKAP2 from four species: HU, human; MS, mouse; FL, fly,
drosophila; CE, C. elegans. The PKA-binding region is
indicated by stars (*). Horizontal lines above the sequence
indicate the two putative RGS domains. (C) Alignment of
the RGS domains of the N- and C-terminal portions of D-AKAP2.
Comparison of the RGS domains of various RGS molecules in a multiple
sequence alignment were generated by CLUSTAL W. The
sequences include the N-terminal domain of D-AKAP2 (amino acids
125–242), C-terminal domain of D-AKAP2 (amino acids 379–502), rat
RGS4 (amino acids 62–174, GenBank no. AF117211), human axin (amino
acids 88–207, GenBank no. AF009674), P115 (amino acids 48–166,
GenBank no. U64105), Drosophila Rho GEF2 (amino acids 930-1052, GenBank
no. AF032870), and human GRK2 (amino acids 54–171, GenBank no.
P25098). Also illustrated is the secondary structure of the largely
α-helical RGS4, based on the x-ray crystal structure described by
Tesmer et al. (24). α-Helical domains are represented
by horizontal lines.