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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
We have examined the effect of membrane methylation on the Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity of canine cardiac sarcolemmal vesicles using S-adenosyl-L-methionine as methyl donor. Methylation leads to approximately 40% inhibition of the initial rate of Nai+-dependent Ca2+ uptake. The inhibition is due to a lowering of the Vmax for the reaction. The inhibition is not due to an effect on membrane permeability and is blocked by S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, an inhibitor of methylation reactions. The following experiments indicated that inhibition of Na+-Ca2+ exchange was due to methylation of membrane protein and not due to methylated phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) compounds (i.e., phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine (PMME) or phosphatidyl-N,N'-dimethylethanolamine (PDME]: (1) We solubilized sarcolemma and reconstituted activity into vesicles containing no PE. The inhibition by S-adenosyl-L-methionine was not diminished in this environment. (2) We reconstituted sarcolemma into vesicles containing PMME or PDME. These methylated lipid components had no effect on Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity. (3) We verified that many membrane proteins, probably including the exchanger, become methylated.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
939
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
503-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Protein methylation inhibits Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity in cardiac sarcolemmal vesicles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine 90024-1760.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't