title: Coupling of the IP3 receptor/Ca2+ channel with Ca2+ storage proteins chromogranins A and B in secretory granules.
abstract: The secretory granules of neuroendocrine cells, which function as an inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ store, contain both the inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor/Ca2+ channel and the high-capacity low-affinity Ca2+ storage proteins, chromogranins A and B. Chromogranins A and B, which exist in approximately 2 mm range in the secretory granules, can bind 50-100 mol of Ca2+/mol with dissociation constants of 2-4 mm. These proteins interact directly with the inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor/ Ca2+ channel at the intragranular pH 5.5, not only changing the conformation of the inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor/Ca2+ channel but also modulating the channel activity. Given the homo- and heterotetrameric existence of both the inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor/Ca2+ channel and chromogranins A and B, these tetrameric proteins appear to interact, thus controlling the intracellular Ca2+ concentration.
authors.affiliation: National Creative Research Initiative Center for Secretory Granule Research, Biomedical Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yu Sung Gu, Dae Jeon, 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D053379:Chromogranin A; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000378:metabolism*; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D053379:Chromogranin A; D002864:Chromogranins; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear