Phospholemman (FXYD1) associates with Na,K-ATPase and regulates its transport properties

AUTOR(ES)

Crambert, Gilles

FONTE

National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

A family of small, single-span membrane proteins (the FXYD family) has recently been defined based on their sequence and structural homology. Some members of this family have already been identified as tissue-specific regulators of Na,K-ATPase (NKA). In the present study, we demonstrate that phospholemman (PLM) (FXYD1), so far considered to be a heart- and muscle-specific channel or channel-regulating protein, associates specifically and stably with six different α-β isozymes of NKA after coexpression in Xenopus oocytes, and with α1–β, and less efficiently with α2–β isozymes, in native cardiac and skeletal muscles. Stoichiometric association of PLM with NKA occurs posttranslationally either in the Golgi or the plasma membrane. Interaction of PLM with NKA induces a small decrease in the external K+ affinity of α1–β1 and α2–β1 isozymes and a nearly 2-fold decrease in the internal Na+ affinity. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that PLM is a tissue-specific regulator of NKA that may play an essential role in muscle contractility.

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