2006
En block C-terminal charge cluster reversals in prestin (SLC26A5): Effects on voltage-dependent electromechanical activity
Bai JP, Navaratnam D, Samaranayake H, Santos-Sacchi J. En block C-terminal charge cluster reversals in prestin (SLC26A5): Effects on voltage-dependent electromechanical activity. Neuroscience Letters 2006, 404: 270-275. PMID: 16839688, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.05.062.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
N-Terminal-Mediated Homomultimerization of Prestin, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein
Navaratnam D, Bai JP, Samaranayake H, Santos-Sacchi J. N-Terminal-Mediated Homomultimerization of Prestin, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein. Biophysical Journal 2005, 89: 3345-3352. PMID: 16113116, PMCID: PMC1366831, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.068759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllosteric SiteAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell MembraneCell SeparationCHO CellsCricetinaeDimerizationElectric CapacitanceElectric ConductivityElectrophysiologyFlow CytometryFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferGerbillinaeGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHair Cells, Auditory, OuterMechanotransduction, CellularMembrane PotentialsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, BiologicalMolecular Motor ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryProteinsTransfectionConceptsOuter Hair Cell Motor ProteinStructure-function relationsNormal membrane targetingMammalian cochlear amplificationIntact N-terminusMembrane targetingDomain proteinsMembrane topologyFluorescence resonance energy transferCell mechanical responsePrestin moleculesMembrane motorMotor proteinsN-terminusShort truncationsPrestinResonance energy transferIntracellular terminiAllosteric modulationProteinTerminusCochlear amplificationVoltage sensingHomomultimerizationModified activity
1995
Expression in cochlea and retina of myosin VIIa, the gene product defective in Usher syndrome type 1B.
Hasson T, Heintzelman M, Santos-Sacchi J, Corey D, Mooseker M. Expression in cochlea and retina of myosin VIIa, the gene product defective in Usher syndrome type 1B. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1995, 92: 9815-9819. PMID: 7568224, PMCID: PMC40893, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.21.9815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbnormalities, MultipleAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibody SpecificityBlindnessCochleaDeafnessDyneinsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGuinea PigsHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansImmunoblottingMolecular Sequence DataMyosin VIIaMyosinsRatsRetinaRetinitis PigmentosaSequence Homology, Amino AcidSwineSyndromeTissue DistributionConceptsHair cellsMyosin VIIa expressionEpithelial cellsMyosin VIIaCochlear hair cellsMyosin VIIa functionOuter hair cellsUsher syndrome type 1BMyosin VIIA geneVestibular dysfunctionCell-specific localizationCongenital deafnessRetinitis pigmentosaUsher syndromeType 1bType 1B.Normal functionApical stereociliaVIIaDeafnessDisease phenotypeCochleaInherited diseaseRetinaShaker-1