The Drosophila acetylcholine receptor subunit D alpha5 is part of an alpha-bungarotoxin binding acetylcholine receptor.
The Drosophila acetylcholine receptor subunit D alpha5 is part of an alpha-bungarotoxin binding acetylcholine receptor.
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果蝇乙酰胆碱受体亚基 D α5 是 α-银环蛇毒素结合乙酰胆碱受体的一部分。
DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m409639200
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发表时间:
2005
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Schmidt-Glenewinkel,Thomas
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Wu,Peipei;Ma,Dongdong;Pierzchala,Marek;Wu,Jun;Yang,Lee-Chuan;Mai,Xiaoping;Chang,Xiaoying;Schmidt-Glenewinkel,Thomas
The central nervous system ofDrosophila melanogastercontains an α-bungarotoxin-binding protein with the properties expected of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. This protein was purified 5800-fold from membranes prepared fromDrosophilaheads. The protein was solubilized with 1% Triton X-100 and 0.5msodium chloride and then purified using an α-cobratoxin column followed by a lentil lectin affinity column. The purified protein had a specific activity of 3.9 μmol of125I-α-bungarotoxin binding sites/g of protein. The subunit composition of the purified receptor was determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This subunit profile was identical with that revealed byin situlabeling of the membrane-bound protein using the photolyzable methyl-4-azidobenzoimidate derivative of125I-α-bungarotoxin. The purified receptor reveals two different protein bands with molecular masses of 42 and 57 kDa. From sedimentation analysis of the purified protein complex in H2O and D2O and gel filtration, a mass of 270 kDa was calculated. The receptor has as20,wof 9.4 and a Stoke's radius of 7.4 nm. The frictional coefficient was calculated to be 1.7 indicating a highly asymmetric protein complex compatible with a transmembrane protein forming an ion channel. The sequence of a peptide obtained after tryptic digestion of the 42-kDa protein allowed the specific identification of theDrosophilaDα5 subunit by sequence comparison. A peptide-specific antibody raised against the Dα5 subunit provides further evidence that this subunit is a component of an α-bungarotoxin binding nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from the central nervous system ofDrosophila.