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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 391, 期 2, 页码 1262-1267出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.056
关键词
N-glycosylation; K2P channel; Potassium channel; Membrane targeting; Background potassium currents
Within the first external loop of mouse and human TRESK subunits one or two N-glycosylation consensus sites were identified, respectively. Using site directed mutagenesis and Western immunoblotting a single residue of both orthologues was found to be glycosylated upon heterologous expression. Two-electrode voltage-clamp recordings from Xenopus oocytes revealed that current amplitudes of N-glycosylation mutants were reduced by 80% as compared to wildtype TRESK. To investigate membrane targeting, GFP-tagged TRESK subunits were expressed in Xenopus oocytes and fluorescence intensity at the cell surface was measured by confocal microscopy. Signals of the N-glycosylation mutants were reduced by >50%, indicating that their lower Current amplitudes substantially result from inadequate surface expression of the channel. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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