Topology of a functionally important region of the cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger
Topology of a functionally important region of the cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.273.2.778
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发表时间:
1998-01-09
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Philipson, KD
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作者:
Doering, AE;Nicoll, DA;Philipson, KD
The cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, NCX1, has been modeled to consist of 11 transmembrane segments and a large cytoplasmic loop (loop f), Cysteine mutagenesis and sulfhydryl modification experiments demonstrate that the loop connecting transmembrane segments 1 and 2 (loop b) is located on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane, as previously modeled. A mutation in loop b, asparagine 101 to cysteine (N101C), renders the exchanger insensitive to regulation by cytoplasmic Na+ and Ca2+. Nearby mutations at residue threonine 103 (T103C or T103V) increase the apparent affinity of the exchanger for cytoplasmic Na+ and also produce a significant Li+ transport capacity, The evidence suggests that the region at the interface of cytoplasmic loop b and transmembrane segment 2 is important in Na+ transport and also in secondary regulation, Thus, this region may form part of the link between the ion translocation pathway formed by the transmembrane segments and regulatory sites that have previously been localized to loop f.