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Novel frequenin-modulated Ca2+-signaling membrane guanylate cyclase (ROS-GC) transduction pathway in bovine hippocampus

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry volume 291, pages 187–204 (2006)Cite this article

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Frequenin is a member of the neuronal Ca2+ sensor protein family, implicated in being the modulator of the neurotransmitter release, potassium channels, phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway and the Ca2+-dependent exocytosis of dense-core granules in the PC12 cells. Frequenin exhibits these biological activities through its Ca2+ myristoyl switch, yet the switch is functionally inactive. These structural and functional traits of frequenin have been derived through the use of recombinant frequenin. In the present study, frequenin (BovFrq) native to the bovine hippocampus has been purified, sequenced for its 9 internal fragments, cloned, and studied. The findings show that structure of the BovFrq is identical to its form present in chicken, rat, mouse and human, indicating its evolutionary conservation. Its Ca2+ myristoyl switch is active in the hippocampus. And, BovFrq physically interacts and turns on yet undisclosed ONE-GC-like ROS-GC membrane guanylate cyclase transduction machinery in the hippocampal neurons. This makes BovFrq a new Ca2+-sensor modulator of a novel ROS-GC transduction machinery. The study demonstrates the presence and mechanistic features of this cyclic GMP signaling pathway in the hippocampal neurons, and also provides one more support for the evolving concept where the Ca2+-modulated membrane guanylate cyclase transduction machinery in its variant forms is a central operational component of all neurons.

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Fik-Rymarkiewicz, E., Duda, T. & Sharma, R.K. Novel frequenin-modulated Ca2+-signaling membrane guanylate cyclase (ROS-GC) transduction pathway in bovine hippocampus. Mol Cell Biochem 291, 187–204 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-006-9215-6

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  • bovine frequenin
  • calcium
  • hippocampus
  • membrane guanylate cyclase