title: The cGMP-gated channel of the rod photoreceptor cell characterization and orientation of the amino terminus.
abstract: The molecular properties and orientation of the cGMP-gated cation channel of bovine rod outer segment membranes were studied using biochemical and immunochemical methods. Western blots labeled with anti-channel monoclonal antibodies indicate that the channel has a subunit Mr of 63,000 in bovine rod outer segment membranes prepared in the presence and absence of protease inhibitors and in rod outer segments from other mammalian retinas. The channel has an apparent Mr of 78,000 in both COS-1 cells and Xenopus oocytes expressing the cloned cDNA. NH2-terminal sequence analysis indicates that the lower Mr of the channel in rod outer segments is caused by the absence of the first 92 amino acids predicted by cDNA sequence analysis. Immunofluorescent and immunogold labeling has confirmed that the 63,000 form of the channel is present in rod outer segments. These results indicate that photoreceptor cell-specific co-translational or post-translational cleavage of the NH2-terminal segment of the channel occurs prior or during the incorporation of the channel into the rod outer segment plasma membrane. Immunogold labeling studies using site-directed antibodies also indicate that the NH2-terminal segment of the rod outer segment channel is exposed on the cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Molday
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Molday
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dosé
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clark-Lewis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Illing
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eismann
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Kaupp
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D008961:Models, Structural; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007473:Ion Channels; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010455:Peptides; D006152:Cyclic GMP