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Published on: May 4, 2013
Batten disease and the control of the Fo subunit c pore by cGMP and calcium
1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. mcgeoch@fas.harvard.edu
Abstract:
Subunit c of ATP synthase functions as a high conductance ion channel, tightly regulated by calcium. We have suggested that the pathogenesis of Batten syndromes involving overaccumulation of subunit c are linked to the protein's ion channel function. In normal electrically excitable tissue the channel could act as a pacer setting nodal voltage via control of cation entry. The channel conductance is controlled by voltage, calcium, cyclic nucleotides and polyamines. We discuss the pathogenic role that subunit c could play in the electrically excitable tissues of retina, brain and heart where Batten neurodegeneration is seen. Focus is given to potential links between subunit c and the known mutant gene products in the Batten diseases, the process of apoptosis, and the requirement of the growing brain for gradients of cGMP, a ligand of the subunit c channel.
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