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12693957

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
Proper control of intracellular free Ca(2+) is thought to involve subsets of proteins that co-localize to mediate coordinated Ca(2+) entry and Ca(2+) extrusion. The outer segments of vertebrate rod and cone photoreceptors present one example: Ca(2+) influx is exclusively mediated via cGMP-gated channels (CNG), whereas the Na(+)/Ca(2+)-K(+) exchanger (NCKX) is the only Ca(2+) extrusion protein present. In situ, a rod NCKX homodimer and a CNG heterotetramer are thought to be part of a single protein complex. However, NCKX-NCKX and NCKX-CNG interactions have been described so far only in bovine rod outer segment membranes. We have used thiol-specific cross-linking and co-immunoprecipitation to examine NCKX self-assembly and CNG-NCKX co-assembly after heterologous expression of either the rod or cone NCKX/CNG isoforms. Co-immunoprecipitation clearly demonstrated both NCKX homooligomerization and interactions between NCKX and CNG. The NCKX-NCKX and NCKX-CNG interactions were observed for both the rod and the cone isoforms. Thiol-specific cross-linking led to rod NCKX1 dimers and to cone NCKX2 adducts of an apparent molecular weight higher than that predicted for a NCKX2 dimer. The mass of the cross-link product critically depended on the location of the particular cysteine residue used by the cross-linker, and we cannot exclude that NCKX forms a higher oligomer. The NCKX-NCKX and NCKX-CNG interactions were not isoform-specific (i.e., rod NCKX could interact with cone NCKX, rod NCKX could interact with cone CNGA, and vice versa). Deletion of the two large hydrophilic loops from the NCKX protein did not abolish the NCKX oligomerization, suggesting that it is mediated by the highly conserved transmembrane spanning segments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4593-600
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Assembly of retinal rod or cone Na(+)/Ca(2+)-K(+) exchanger oligomers with cGMP-gated channel subunits as probed with heterologously expressed cDNAs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't