2011
Interactions between β-Catenin and the HSlo Potassium Channel Regulates HSlo Surface Expression
Bian S, Bai JP, Chapin H, Le Moellic C, Dong H, Caplan M, Sigworth FJ, Navaratnam DS. Interactions between β-Catenin and the HSlo Potassium Channel Regulates HSlo Surface Expression. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e28264. PMID: 22194818, PMCID: PMC3237428, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBeta CateninBinding SitesBiological AssayCell MembraneChickensGene Knockdown TechniquesHair Cells, AuditoryHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoprecipitationIntercellular JunctionsKineticsLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha SubunitsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutant ProteinsMutationPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein TransportRNA, Small InterferingSequence DeletionTransfectionWnt Signaling PathwayConceptsΒ-cateninS10 regionHEK cellsSurface expressionCell biology toolsPotassium channel alpha subunitΒ-catenin interactionDownregulation of WntCytoskeleton frameworkChannel alpha subunitChicken hair cellsPhosphorylation sitesDeletion mutantsBiology toolsΒ-catenin-dependent canonical WntAlpha subunitCanonical WntMultiple binding sitesNumber of diseasesStable bindingWntPhysiological significanceBinding sitesReduced expressionHair cells
2001
Ca2+-binding activity of a COOH-terminal fragment of the Drosophila BK channel involved in Ca2+-dependent activation
Bian S, Favre I, Moczydlowski E. Ca2+-binding activity of a COOH-terminal fragment of the Drosophila BK channel involved in Ca2+-dependent activation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2001, 98: 4776-4781. PMID: 11274367, PMCID: PMC31910, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.081072398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracellular COOH-terminal domainDependent activationBK channelsCOOH-terminal domainProtein blot assayBiochemical approachesStructural basisBiophysical analysisBK proteinAsp residuesControl proteinHEK293 cellsEscherichia coliProteinElectrophysiological assaysBlot assaysLarge conductanceTerminal fragmentSoluble formActivationResiduesFunctional correlationSpecific bindingSpecific regionsBinding