MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND EXPRESSION OF THE (NA+ + K+)-ATPASE ALPHA-SUBUNIT IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND EXPRESSION OF THE (NA+ + K+)-ATPASE ALPHA-SUBUNIT IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1989.tb03364.x
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
FAMBROUGH, DM
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作者:
LEBOVITZ, RM;TAKEYASU, K;FAMBROUGH, DM
The (Na+ + K+)-ATPase (sodium pump) is an ouabain-sensitive, electrogenic ion pump responsible for maintaining the balance of sodium and potassium ions in almost all animal cells. Robust, ouabin-sensitive rubidium uptake, indicative of the sodium pump, was found in tissue-cultured Drosophila cells, and both larvae and adults die when fed a diet containing ouabain. A monoclonal antibody to the avian sodium pump .alpha.-subunit was found to cross-react with the Drosophila sodium pump .alpha.-subunit. Immunofluorescence microscopy was used to obtain a semi-quantitative view of the expression of the sodium pump in Drosophila tissues: high levels of the sodium pump were detected in malphigian tubules, indirect flight muscles and tubular muscles, and throughout the nervous system. The cDNA encoding this sodium pump .alpha.-subunit in Drosophila melanogaster was cloned, sequenced and expressed in mouse L cells. At the amino acid level, its deduced sequence of 1038 residues (the first such sequence for an invertebrate) is .apprx.80% similar to .alpha.-subunit sequences reported for vertebrates. Only one gene was found in Drosophila, located on the third chromosome at position 93B. A restriction site polymorphism has been found, and several mutations exist that may involve the .alpha.-subunit gene.