2011
Extracellular chloride regulation of Kv2.1, contributor to the major outward Kv current in mammalian outer hair cells
Li X, Surguchev A, Bian S, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Extracellular chloride regulation of Kv2.1, contributor to the major outward Kv current in mammalian outer hair cells. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2011, 302: c296-c306. PMID: 21940671, PMCID: PMC4054960, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00177.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2009
Prestin's Anion Transport and Voltage-Sensing Capabilities Are Independent
Bai JP, Surguchev A, Montoya S, Aronson PS, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Prestin's Anion Transport and Voltage-Sensing Capabilities Are Independent. Biophysical Journal 2009, 96: 3179-3186. PMID: 19383462, PMCID: PMC2718310, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.3948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic AcidAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnion Transport ProteinsAntiportersCarbon RadioisotopesChloridesCHO CellsCricetinaeCricetulusElectric CapacitanceFormatesGerbillinaeIon TransportMiceMutation, MissenseOxalatesPatch-Clamp TechniquesSalicylatesSulfate TransportersConceptsClosest phylogenetic relativesTransmembrane regionSLC26 anion transporter familyMammalian outer hair cellsMembrane protein prestinPrestin's motor functionAnion transportPhylogenetic relativesAnion transporter familyTransporter familyProtein prestinChloride-binding siteGating charge movementPrestinCharge movementHair cellsOuter hair cellsResiduesMechanistic conceptsVoltage sensingTransport capabilityCellsVoltage sensorPrevious observationsUptake studies
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