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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
Using the dialysable detergent CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate), the tetrodotoxin-binding protein from the electroplax of the electric eel has been purified to a high degree of both chemical homogeneity and toxin-binding activity. On sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the best preparations showed only a single microheterogeneous band at Mr approximately 260,000, despite attempts to visualize smaller bands by sample overloading. Upon dialysis, this material became incorporated into the membranes of small unilamellar vesicles, and in this form the purified protein exhibited tetrodotoxin-binding properties similar to the component in the original electroplax membrane. Furthermore, in the presence of activator neurotoxins the vesicles were able to accumulate isotopic sodium in a manner similar to that previously described for less active or less pure preparations of vesicles containing either mammalian or eel electroplax toxin-binding proteins. Quantitative consideration of the isotopic transport activity of this pure material, along with the high degree of purity of the protein, strongly suggests that the 260-kDa glycopeptide from electroplax is necessary and sufficient to account for the sodium channel function seen in these studies, and eliminates the possible involvement of smaller peptides in the channel phenomena observed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/3-((3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammoni..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bungarotoxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholic Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ion Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Liposomes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrodotoxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Veratridine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Veratrine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tetrodotoxin-binding protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-2631
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Neurotoxin-modulated uptake of sodium by highly purified preparations of the electroplax tetrodotoxin-binding glycopeptide reconstituted into lipid vesicles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver 80262.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't