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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1096/fj.01-0855com
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L-type calcium channel; beta subunit; protein-protein interaction; cardiomyocytes
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Ahnak is a ubiquitously expressed giant protein of 5643 amino acids implicated in cell differentiation and signal transduction. In a recent study, we demonstrated the association of ahnak with the regulatory beta2 subunit of the cardiac L-type Ca2+ channel. Here we identify the most carboxyl-terminal ahnak region (aa 5262-5643) to interact with recombinant beta2a as well as with beta2 and beta1a isoforms of native muscle Ca2+ channels using a panel of GST fusion proteins. Equilibrium sedimentation analysis revealed K-d values of 55 +/- 11 nM and 328 +/- 24 nM for carboxyl- terminal (aa 195- 606) and amino-terminal (aa 1-200) truncates of the beta2a subunit, respectively. The same carboxyl-terminal ahnak region (aa 5262-5643) bound to G-actin and cosedimented with F-actin. Confocal microscopy of human left ventricular tissue localized the carboxyl-terminal ahnak portion to the sarcolemma including the T-tubular system and the intercalated disks of cardiomyocytes. These results suggest that ahnak provides a structural basis for the subsarcolemmal cytoarchitecture and confers the regulatory role of the actin-based cytoskeleton to the L-type Ca2+ channel.
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