2017
Current carried by the Slc26 family member prestin does not flow through the transporter pathway
Bai JP, Moeini-Naghani I, Zhong S, Li FY, Bian S, Sigworth FJ, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Current carried by the Slc26 family member prestin does not flow through the transporter pathway. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 46619. PMID: 28422190, PMCID: PMC5395958, DOI: 10.1038/srep46619.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2010
Combinatorial Cysteine Mutagenesis Reveals a Critical Intramonomer Role for Cysteines in Prestin Voltage Sensing
Bai JP, Surguchev A, Bian S, Song L, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Combinatorial Cysteine Mutagenesis Reveals a Critical Intramonomer Role for Cysteines in Prestin Voltage Sensing. Biophysical Journal 2010, 99: 85-94. PMID: 20655836, PMCID: PMC2895379, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisulfide bond formationCysteine residuesCysteine residue pairsSingle cysteine residueCysteine mutagenesisTransmembrane proteinSubstitution mutantsSLC26 familyResidue pairsFörster resonance energy transferCharge movementVoltage-dependent charge movementDisulfide interactionsResonance energy transferPrestinProteinMutantsDimer formationResiduesCysteineHair cellsSurface expressionAnion transportersCochlear amplificationWestern blot