Mutation of the axonal transport motor kinesin enhances paralytic and suppresses Shaker in Drosophila.
Mutation of the axonal transport motor kinesin enhances paralytic and suppresses Shaker in Drosophila.
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轴突运输运动驱动蛋白的突变增强了果蝇的麻痹并抑制了 Shaker。
DOI:
10.1093/genetics/142.1.195
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发表时间:
1996
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Saxton,WM
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作者:
Hurd,DD;Stern,M;Saxton,WM
To investigate the possibility that kinesin transports vesicles bearing proteins essential for ion channel activity, the effects of kinesin (Khc) and ion channel mutations were compared in Drosophila using established tests. Our results show thatKhcmutations produce defects and genetic interactions characteristic ofparalytic(para) andmaleless(mle) mutations that cause reduced expression or function of the alpha-subunit of voltage-gated sodium channels. Likeparaandmlemutations,Khcmutations cause temperature-sensitive (TS) paralysis. When combined withparaormlemutations,Khcmutations cause synthetic lethality and a synergistic enhancement of TS-paralysis. Furthermore,Khcmutations suppressShakerandether-a-go-gomutations that disrupt potassium channel activity. In light of previous physiological tests that show thatKhcmutations inhibit compound action potential propagation in segmental nerves, these data indicate that kinesin activity is required for normal inward sodium currents during neuronal action potentials. Tests for phenotypic similarities and genetic interactions between kinesin and sodium/potassium ATPase mutations suggest that impaired kinesin function does not affect the driving force on sodium ions. We hypothesize that a loss of kinesin function inhibits the anterograde axonal transport of vesicles bearing sodium channels.