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Cross-kingdom auxiliary subunit modulation of a voltage-gated sodium channel.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2018 April 7
Voltage-gated, sodium ion-selective channels (NaV ) generate electrical signals contributing to the upstroke of the action potential in animals. NaV s are also found in bacteria and are members of a larger family of tetrameric voltage-gated channels that includes CaV s, KV s, and NaV s. Prokaryotic NaV s likely emerged from a homotetrameric Ca2+ -selective voltage-gated progenerator, and later developed Na+ selectivity independently. The NaV signaling complex in eukaryotes contains auxiliary proteins, termed beta (β) subunits, which are potent modulators of the expression profiles and voltage-gated properties of the NaV pore, but it is unknown whether they can functionally interact with prokaryotic NaV channels. Herein, we report that the eukaryotic NaV β1-subunit isoform interacts with and enhances the surface expression as well as the voltage-dependent gating properties of the bacterial NaV , NaChBac in Xenopus oocytes. A phylogenetic analysis of the β-subunit gene family proteins confirms that these proteins appeared roughly 420 million years ago and that they have no clear homologues in bacterial phyla. However, a comparison between eukaryotic and bacterial NaV structures highlighted the presence of a conserved fold, which could support interactions with the β-subunit. Our electrophysiological, biochemical, structural, and bioinformatics results suggests that the prerequisites for β-subunit regulation are an evolutionarily stable and intrinsic property of some voltage-gated channels.
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