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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 97, Issue 16, Pages 9058-9063Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.160068997
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Potassium channels that are inhibited by internal ATP (K-ATP channels) provide a critical link between metabolism and cellular excitability. Protein kinase C (PKC) acts on K-ATP channels to regulate diverse cellular processes, including cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning and pancreatic insulin secretion. PKC action decreases the Hill coefficient of ATP binding to cardiac K-ATP channels, thereby increasing their open probability at physiological ATP concentrations. We show that PKC similarly regulates recombinant channels from both the pancreas and heart. Surprisingly, PKC acts via phosphorylation of a specific, conserved threonine residue (T180) in the pore-forming subunit (Kir6.2). Additional PKC consensus sites exist on both Kir and the larger sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) subunits. Nonetheless, T180 controls changes in open probability induced by direct PKC action either in the absence of, or in complex with, the accessory SUR1 (pancreatic) or SUR2A (cardiac) subunits, The high degree of conservation of this site among different K-ATP channel isoforms suggests that this pathway may have wide significance for the physiological regulation of K-ATP channels in various tissues and organelles.
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