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Adenylate kinase phosphotransfer communicates cellular energetic signals to ATP-sensitive potassium channels
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Adenylate kinase phosphotransfer communicates cellular energetic signals to ATP-sensitive potassium channels

Antonio J Carrasco, Petras P Dzeja, Alexey E Alekseev, Darko Pucar, Leonid V Zingman, M. Roselle Abraham, Denice Hodgson, Martin Bienengraeber, Michel Puceat, Edwin Janssen, …
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, Vol.98(13), pp.7623-7628
06/19/2001
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.121038198
PMCID: PMC34718
PMID: 11390963
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.121038198View
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Abstract

Transduction of energetic signals into membrane electrical events governs vital cellular functions, ranging from hormone secretion and cytoprotection to appetite control and hair growth. Central to the regulation of such diverse cellular processes are the metabolism sensing ATP-sensitive K + (K ATP ) channels. However, the mechanism that communicates metabolic signals and integrates cellular energetics with K ATP channel-dependent membrane excitability remains elusive. Here, we identify that the response of K ATP channels to metabolic challenge is regulated by adenylate kinase phosphotransfer. Adenylate kinase associates with the K ATP channel complex, anchoring cellular phosphotransfer networks and facilitating delivery of mitochondrial signals to the membrane environment. Deletion of the adenylate kinase gene compromised nucleotide exchange at the channel site and impeded communication between mitochondria and K ATP channels, rendering cellular metabolic sensing defective. Assigning a signal processing role to adenylate kinase identifies a phosphorelay mechanism essential for efficient coupling of cellular energetics with K ATP channels and associated functions.
Biological Sciences

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