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Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2013 Dec 14;0:63–71. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.11.005

Table 1.

β-arrestin and arrestin-domain containing protein interactions that function in GPCR trafficking

Binding Partner Functional Role References
β-arrestins
β2-adaptin Directly interacts with β-arrestins and facilitates GPCR endocytosis Laporte et al. 2001
Edeling et al. 2006
Schmid et al. 2006
μ2-adaptin Preferentially interacts with β-arrestin2 and facilitates endocytosis of the β2AR Marion et al. 2007
Clathrin Directly interacts with β-arrestins and facilitates GPCR endocytosis Goodman et al. 1996
ter Haar et al. 2000
Kang et al. 2009
PIP2 Directly interacts with β-arrestins and enhances GPCR endocytosis Gaidarov et al. 1999
Nelson et al. 2008
PIP5K-Iα Directly interacts with β-arrestin2 and facilitates β2AR endocytosis Nelson et al. 2008
IP6 Directly interacts with β-arrestins; inhibits β-arrestin/GPCR interaction; facilitates β- arrestin oligomerization; regulates β-arrestin cellular localization Gaidarov et al. 1999
Storez et al. 2005
Milano et al. 2006
PI3K Regulates β2AR endocytosis by AP2 recruitment to the β2AR/β-arrestin complex Naga Prasad et al. 2002
NSF Directly interacts with β-arrestin2 and enhances endocytosis of the β2AR McDonald et al. 1999
ARF6 GDP-bound form interacts with β-arrestin1 and enhances GPCR endocytosis and degradation and negatively controls recycling Claing et al. 2001
Houndolo et al. 2005
Macia et al. 2012
ARNO Activates ARF6 and facilitates β-arrestin release from the luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor Mukherjee et al. 2000
EFA6 β-arrestin1 binds ARF6-GDP and EFA6 and facilitates ARF6 activation leading to β2AR degradation Macia et al. 2012
AGAP2 AGAP2 interacts with β-arrestin1 and 2 and facilitates β-arrestin association with the β2AR and regulates β2AR recycling Wu et al., 2013
Mdm2 Ubiquitinates β-arrestin2 and facilitates the endocytosis of β2AR Shenoy et al. 2001
Song et al, 2007
parkin Directly interacts with β-arrestin and facilitates Mdm2 interaction Ahmed at al., 2011
AIP4 Interacts with β-arrestin2 on early endosomes and facilitates CXCR4 degradation Bhandari et al. 2007
Nedd4 Interacts with β-arrestin to facilitate β2AR ubiquitination and trafficking Shenoy et al. 2008
Han et al. 2013
Smurf2 Interacts with β-arrestin2 and mediates μ-opioid receptor ubiquitination and trafficking Henry et al., 2012
USP20 Directly deubiquitinates β-arrestin2 and β2AR to prevent receptor degradation Shenoy et al. 2009
USP33 Directly deubiquitinates β-arrestin2 and β2AR to prevent receptor degradation Berthouze et al. 2009
STAM-1 Interacts with β-arrestin1 to regulate CXCR4 sorting Malik & Marchese 2010
eNOS Interacts with and s-nitrosylates β-arrestin2 and facilitates β-arrestin2 binding with clathrin and β-adaptin; promotes receptor internalization Ozawa et al. 2008
NHERF Interacts with β-arrestin1 to regulate P2Y12 receptor internalization Nisar et al. 2012
Arrestin-domain containing proteins (ARRDCs)
Nedd4 Directly interacts with the PPXY motifs of ARRDC3 to promote β2AR ubiquitination and degradation
ARRDC3 interacts with Nedd4-β2AR upon agonist stimulation to recruit the complex to endosomes
Nabhan et al. 2010
Han et al. 2013
β-arrestins Form heterodimers with ARRDC1 to mediate Notch ubiquitination and degradation Puca et al. 2013
Itch/AIP4 Interacts with ARRDC3
Interacts with ARRDC2, ARRDC3 and TXNIP
Interacts with ARRDC1 to mediate Notch ubiquitination and degradatio
Nabhan et al. 2010
Rauch et al. 2011
Puca et al. 2013
ALIX Interacts with ARRDC1, 2 and 3 via its proline-rich domain (PRR) Rauch et al. 2011
HRS Interacts with the PPXY motifs of ARRDC3 Han et al. 2013
Shea et al. 2013
Clathrin Interacts with ARRDC3/4 under basal conditions, interaction decreases upon agonist stimulation Shea et al. 2013
WWP1 Interacts with all five ARRDCs Nabhan et al. 2010
Rauch et al. 2011
WWP2 Interacts with all ARRDCs except ARRDC4 Nabhan et al. 2010
Rauch et al. 2011