The WD40 repeat protein, WDR36, orchestrates sphingosine kinase-1 recruitment and phospholipase C-β activation by G-coupled receptors.

Sphingosine kinases (SphK) catalyse the formation of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and play important roles in the cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems. We have shown before that G-coupled receptors induce a rapid and long-lasting translocation of SphK1 to the plasma membrane and cross-activation of S1P receptors. Here, we further addressed G regulation of SphK1 by analysing the influence of the WD40 repeat protein, WDR36.