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Transmembrane Domain Oligomerization Propensity determined by ToxR Assay
Published on: May 26, 2011
Transmembrane domain interactions affect the stability of the extracellular domain of the human NTPDase 2
Wei-Chieh Chiang1, Aileen F Knowles
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1030, USA.
Abstract:
Human NTPDase2 and chicken NTPDase8 are cell surface nucleotidases that contain two transmembrane domains (TMD) and five apyrase conserved regions (ACRs). ACR1 is located near the N-terminal TMD whereas ACR5 is located near the C-terminal TMD. The human NTPDase2 activity is decreased by low concentration of NP-40 and at temperatures higher than 37 degrees C, and undergoes substrate inactivation, whereas the chicken NTPDase8 activity is not. When freed from membrane anchorage, the soluble human NTPDase2 is no longer inactivated by detergents, high temperature, and substrate. These characteristics are retained in the hu-ck ACR1,5 chimera in which the extracellular domain is anchored to the membrane by the two TMDs of the chicken NTPDase8. The hu-ck ACR1,5 chimera is the first chimeric NTPDase reported that shows a resistance to membrane perturbation and substrate inactivation. Our results indicate that the strengths of interaction of the respective TMD pairs of the human NTPDase2 and chicken NTPDase8 determine their different responses to membrane perturbation and substrate.
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