The Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide-activated sodium channel is a tetramer.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
S CoscoyP Barbry

Abstract

The Helix aspersa Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide (FMRFamide)-gated sodium channel is formed by homomultimerization of several FMRFamide-activated Na+ channel (FaNaCh) proteins. FaNaCh is homologous to the subunits that compose the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel, to Caenorhabditis elegans degenerins, and to acid-sensing ionic channels. FaNaCh properties were analyzed in stably transfected human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-293). The channel was functional with an EC50 for FMRFamide of 1 microM and an IC50 (25 degreesC) for amiloride of 6.5 microM as assessed by 22Na+ uptake measurements. The channel activity was associated with the presence of a protein at the cell surface with an apparent molecular mass of 82 kDa. The 82-kDa form was derived from an incompletely glycosylated form of 74 kDa found in the endoplasmic reticulum. Formation of covalent bonds between subunits of the same complex were observed either after formation of intersubunit disulfide bonds following cell homogenization and solubilization with Triton X-100 or after use of bifunctional cross-linkers. This resulted in the formation of covalent multimers that contained up to four subunits. Hydrodynamic properties of the solubilized FaNaCh complex also indicate...Continue Reading

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