title: Functional expression of N-terminal truncated alpha-subunits of Na,K-ATPase in Xenopus laevis oocytes.
abstract: N-terminal deletion mutants of Na,K-ATPase alpha 1 isoforms initiating translation at Met34 (alpha 1T1) or at Met43 (alpha 1T2) were expressed in X. laevis oocytes. Compared to beta 3 cRNA injected controls, the co-expression of alpha 1wt, alpha 1T1, alpha 1T2 with beta 3 subunits results in a 2- to 3-fold increase of ouabain binding sites, parallelled by a concomitant increase in Na,K-pump current. The apparent K1/2 for potassium activation of the alpha 1T2/beta 3 Na,K-pumps is significantly higher than that of the alpha 1wt/beta 3 or alpha 1T1/beta 3 Na,K-pumps expressed at the cell surface. Total deletion of the lysine-rich N-terminal domain thus allows the expression of active Na,K-pump but with distinct cation transport properties.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burgener-Kairuz
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Horisberger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geering
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Rossier
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D009865:Oocytes; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D011188:Potassium