title: Photolabeled sites with a tetrodotoxin derivative in the domain III and IV of the electroplax sodium channel.
abstract: Forty three percent of the labeled sites, at least, in the electroplax sodium channel with a photoactivable tetrodotoxin derivative were identified by probing protease-digested labeled fragments with several sequence-directed antibodies. They are located in the loop between segments S5 and S6 of domain IV, as well as the region containing transmembrane segment S6 and adjacent extracellular and cytoplasmic sequences in domain III. No photolabeled fragments were detected in the corresponding region of domain I. These results suggest that C-11 of tetrodotoxin where the photoreactive moiety is attached orients to the region between S5 and S6 in domain III and IV. Probable orientation of the tetrodotoxin molecule in sodium channels is considered by taking together with the recent report of the site-directed mutagenesis.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takanohashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanaoka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004557:Electric Organ / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004593:Electrophorus; D010450:Endopeptidases; D007106:Immune Sera; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D015222:Sodium Channels; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D010450:Endopeptidases