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Identification of the cysteine residue responsible for disulfide linkage of Na+ channel α and β2 subunits.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Nov 2012
Chen Chunling, Calhoun Jeffrey D, Zhang Yanqing, Lopez-Santiago Luis, Zhou Ningna, Davis Tigwa H, Salzer James L, Isom Lori L
Abstract excerpt
Voltage-gated Na(+) channels in the brain are composed of a single pore-forming α subunit, one non-covalently linked β subunit (β1 or β3), and one disulfide-linked β subunit (β2 or β4). The final step in Na(+) channel biosynthesis in central neurons is concomitant α-β2 disulfide linkage and insertion into the plasma membrane. Consistent with this, Scn2b (encoding β2) null mice have reduced Na(+) channel cell...
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