The β Subunit Modulates Potassium Activation of the Na‐K Pumpa
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 671 (1) , 113-119
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb43789.x
Abstract
We recently cloned the alpha 1 and the beta 1 and beta 3 subunits of the Na,K-ATPase of the toad Bufo marinus. To investigate possible functional differences between beta 1 and beta 3, we studied the potassium activation of Na-K pumps expressed in the oocyte of Xenopus laevis. Na-K pump activity was measured as K(+)-induced current in voltage-clamped oocytes. We could take advantage of the relative resistance to ouabain conferred by the Bufo alpha subunit to study specifically the exogenously expressed Na-K pumps after inhibition of the ouabain-sensitive endogenous Xenopus Na-K pumps. Coinjection of Bufo alpha 1 subunit cRNA with either beta 1 or beta 3 cRNAs results in the expression of functional Na-K pumps that share similar low ouabain sensitivity but differ in their K+ half activation constant (K1/2). Similar results were obtained with Xenopus alpha 1 and beta 1 or beta 3 subunits and with Bufo/Xenopus heterodimers. We conclude that some specific sequence of the beta subunit can influence the activation of the Na,K pump by extracellular K+ ions.Keywords
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