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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2006

Solution structure of the N-terminal A domain of the human voltage-gated Ca2+channel beta4a subunit.

Andrew C Vendel, Christopher D Rithner, Barbara A Lyons, William A Horne

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew C VendelDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA.
Christopher D Rithner
Barbara A Lyons
William A Horne
Colorado State University · USNew Mexico State University · US

Funding

Calcium Channel Gating: It Matters How You Splice It.R01NS042600 · NINDS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI HORNE, WILLIAM ALAN · 2003 to 2006
$1.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042600NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS42600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ca2+ channel beta subunits regulate trafficking and gating (opening and closing) of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunits. Based on primary sequence comparisons, they are thought to be modular structures composed of five domains (A-E) that are related to the large family of membrane associated guanylate-kinase (MAGUK) proteins. The crystal structures of the beta subunit core, B-D, domains have recently been reported; however, very little is known about the structures of the A and E domains. The N-terminal A domain is a hypervariable region that differs among the four subtypes of Ca2+ channel beta subunits (beta1-beta4). Furthermore, this domain undergoes alternative splicing to create multiple N-terminal structures within a given gene class that have distinct effects on gating. We have solved the solution structure of the A domain of the human beta4a subunit, a splice variant that we have shown previously to have alpha1 subunit subtype-specific effects on Ca2+ channel trafficking and gating.

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Amino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCalciumCalcium ChannelsCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayDimerizationHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant ProteinsSolutionsCACNB4 protein, humanCalciumCalcium ChannelsRecombinant ProteinsSolutions

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PMID16385006
PMCPMC2242464
OpenAlexW2139000111

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