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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1295/1999//71/ $5.00
Journal of General Physiology, Volume 113, Number 1, 1999


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Distinct Structural Requirements for Clustering and Immobilization of K+ Channels by PSD-95

Nancy A. Burke*, Koichi Takimoto*, Danqing Li*, Weiping Han*, Simon C. Watkins{ddagger}, and Edwin S. Levitan*

From the * Department of Pharmacology and {ddagger} Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261

PDZ-domain–containing proteins such as PSD-95 have been implicated in the targeting and clustering of membrane proteins. Biochemical and immunohistochemical studies indicate that PSD-95 recognizes COOH-terminal S/TXV sequences present in Kv1 K+ channels. However, the effect of binding a PDZ domain on a target protein has not been studied in live cells. In the present study, a green fluorescent protein–Kv1.4 fusion protein is used to study the effect of PSD-95 on channel movement. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching showed that PSD-95 can immobilize K+ channels in the plasma membrane in an all-or-none manner. Furthermore, time lapse imaging showed that channel clusters formed in the presence of PSD-95 are stable in size, shape, and position. As expected from previous reports, two green fluorescent protein–tagged COOH-terminal variants of Kv1.4, {Delta}15 and V655A, are not clustered by PSD-95. However, coexpression of PSD-95 with V655A, but not {Delta}15, leads to the appearance of PSD-95 immunoreactivity in the plasma membrane. Furthermore, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching studies show that V655A channels are immobilized by PSD-95. Thus, V655A channels can interact with PSD-95 in a manner that leads to channel immobilization, but not clustering. These experiments document for the first time that PSD-95 immobilizes target proteins. Additionally, the data presented here demonstrate that the structural requirements for protein clustering and immobilization by PSD-95 are distinct.

Key Words: green fluorescent protein • Kv1.4 • fluorescence recovery after photobleaching • channel immobilization


Address correspondence to Edwin S. Levitan, E1351 Biomedical Sciences Tower, Department of Pharmacology, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. Fax: 412-648-1945; E-mail: Levitan{at}server.pharm.pitt.edu

Abbreviations: EGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein; FRAP, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; wt, wild type


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