Functional characteristic and molecular topology of voltage independent sodium channels |
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Authors: | Vedernikova E A Maksimov A V Neguliaev Iu A |
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Institution: | Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. |
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Abstract: | The channel proteins so far known are transmembrane oligomers arranged in a manner that the polar residues are lining the central ion-conducting hydrophilic pore. In the last decade, electrophysiology and molecular biology studies revealed the principal similarity in the functional properties and membrane topology within a large family of sodium-conducting channels. Amiloride-sensitive channels are expressed in the apical membranes of renal epithelia. Moreover, in different mammalian cells non-voltage-gated sodium-selective channels have been recently found. According to molecular cloning of the respective DNAs and amino acid sequence analysis, epithelial channel subunits, degenerins and some other channel proteins display a significant homology in the regions forming two presumable transmembrane domains. This paper reviews some relevant data and current opinions of the superfamily of sodium-conducting cation channels. |
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