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  • Title: Random mutagenesis of the sheep Na,K-ATPase alpha-1 subunit generates a novel T797N mutation that results in a ouabain-resistant enzyme.
    Author: Burns EL, Price EM.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1993 Dec 05; 268(34):25632-5. PubMed ID: 8244998.
    Abstract:
    Site-directed mutagenesis of the Na,K-ATPase has provided a rational approach to identify several amino acids that appear to be involved in ouabain sensitivity. In order to identify additional amino acids that play a role in ouabain binding, we used formic acid to randomly mutagenize a cDNA cassette encoding amino acids 691-946 of the sheep Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit. This was then used to replace the wild type cDNA cassette in the full-length cDNA, and pools of mutants were electroporated into HeLa cells. Ouabain-resistant cells were selected in 0.5 microM ouabain, and the polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify the region corresponding to the mutagenized cassette from the genomic DNA of the resistant cells. Sequence analysis of the polymerase chain reaction product revealed a single amino acid substitution, T797N. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to reproduce this change in the wild type sheep alpha subunit, and this construct was able to confer resistance to HeLa cells, verifying the role of the mutation in ouabain resistance. The mutant sheep enzyme was found to be as resistant to ouabain as is the rat Na,K-ATPase. These data suggest that T797N, predicted to be in the fifth putative transmembrane domain, is involved in the interaction between ouabain and the Na,K-ATPase.
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