Ductin--a proton pump component, a gap junction channel and a neurotransmitter release channel

BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
M E FinbowP Jones

Abstract

Ductin is the highest conserved membrane protein yet found in eukaryotes. It is multifunctional, being the subunit c or proteolipid component of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase and at the same time the protein component of a form of gap junction in metazoan animals. Analysis of its structure shows it to be a tandem repeat of two 8-kDa domains derived from the subunit c of the F0 proton pore from the F1F0 ATPase. Each domain contains two transmembrane alpha-helices, which together may form a four-helix bundle. In both the V-ATPase and gap junction channel, ductin is probably arranged as a hexamer of subunits forming a central channel of gap junction-like proportions. The two functions appear to be seggregated by ductin having two orientations in the bilayer. Ductin is also the major component of the mediatophore, a protein complex which may aid in the release of neurotransmitters across the pre-synaptic membrane. It is also a target for a class of poorly understood viral polypeptides. These polypeptides are small and highly hydrophobic and some have oncogenic activity. Ductin thus appears to be at the crossroads of a number of biological processes.

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