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
2006
The calcium-sensitive large-conductance potassium channel (BK/MAXI K) is present in the inner mitochondrial membrane of rat brain
Douglas R, Lai J, Bian S, Cummins L, Moczydlowski E, Haddad G. The calcium-sensitive large-conductance potassium channel (BK/MAXI K) is present in the inner mitochondrial membrane of rat brain. Neuroscience 2006, 139: 1249-1261. PMID: 16567053, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.01.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge conductance voltageInner mitochondrial membraneCalcium-sensitive channelsCytochrome c oxidaseMitochondrial membraneInner mitochondrial membrane proteinC oxidaseMitochondrial fractionInner membrane 23Mitochondrial-specific proteinsMitochondrial membrane proteinMicrotubule-associated protein 1Endoplasmic reticulum markerImmuno-gold electron microscopyLarge-conductance potassium channelsDiscrete subcellular fractionsGold particle labellingWestern blottingGolgi proteinsMembrane proteinsSubcellular localizationAlpha subunitProtein 1Mitochondrial pelletMitochondria