Homeostasis relies on signaling networks controlled by cell membrane receptors. Although G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of transmembrane receptors, their specific roles in the epidermis are not fully understood. Dual CRISPR-Flow and single cell Perturb-seq knockout screens of all epidermal GPCRs were thus performed, uncovering an essential requirement for adhesion GPCR ADGRL2 (latrophilin 2) in epidermal differentiation. Among potential downstream guanine nucleotide-binding G proteins, ADGRL2 selectively activated Gα13. Perturb-seq of epidermal G proteins and follow-up tissue knockouts verified that Gα13 is also required for epidermal differentiation. A cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure in lipid nanodiscs showed that ADGRL2 engages with Gα13 at multiple interfaces, including via a novel interaction between ADGRL2 intracellular loop 3 (ICL3) and a Gα13-specific QQQ glutamine triplet sequence in its GTPase domain. In situ gene mutation of this interface sequence impaired epidermal differentiation, highlighting an essential new role for an ADGRL2-Gα13 axis in epidermal differentiation.
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