Syntaxin 1A binds to and inhibits epithelial cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl− channels and synaptic Ca2+ channels in addition to participating in SNARE complex assembly and membrane fusion. We exploited the isoform-specific nature of the interaction between syntaxin 1A and CFTR to identify residues in the H3 domain of this SNARE (SNARE motif) that influence CFTR binding and regulation. Mutating isoform-specific residues that map to the surface of syntaxin 1A in the SNARE complex led to the identification of two sets of hydrophilic residues that are important for binding to and regulating CFTR channels or for binding to the syntaxin regulatory protein Munc-18a. None of these mutations affected syntaxin 1A binding to other SNAREs or the assembly and stability of SNARE complexes in vitro. Conversely, the syntaxin 1A-CFTR interaction was unaffected by mutating hydrophobic residues in the H3 domain that influence SNARE complex stability and Ca2+ channel regulation. Thus, CFTR channel regulation by syntaxin 1A involves hydrophilic interactions that are mechanistically distinct from the hydrophobic interactions that mediate SNARE complex formation and Ca2+ channel regulation by this t-SNARE.
The Interaction between Syntaxin 1A and Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Cl− Channels Is Mechanistically Distinct from Syntaxin 1A-SNARE Interactions*
Radhika Ganeshan,A. Di,D. Nelson,M. Quick,K. Kirk
Published 2003 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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- Publication year
2003
- Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Publication date
2003-01-31
- Fields of study
Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
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Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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- cftr cl− channels
Epithelial chloride channels formed by CFTR and used here as the interaction and regulation target of syntaxin 1A.
Aliases: CFTR channels
- h3 domain
The C-terminal SNARE-motif region of syntaxin 1A that was mutagenized in this work.
- hydrophilic residues
Polar amino acid positions on the surface of syntaxin 1A's H3 domain targeted by mutagenesis.
- hydrophobic residues
Nonpolar amino acid positions in syntaxin 1A's H3 domain that were mutated to test their contribution to syntaxin-dependent interactions.
- munc-18a
A syntaxin regulatory protein tested here for its interaction with syntaxin 1A.
Aliases: Munc18a
- snare complex
The membrane-fusion protein complex assembled from syntaxin and partner SNAREs.
Aliases: SNARE complexes
- syntaxin 1a
A syntaxin family membrane SNARE protein examined here for residues that mediate CFTR binding and other partner interactions.
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