Cloning of a pore-forming subunit of ATP-sensitive potassium channel from Clonorchis sinensis

Korean J Parasitol. 2003 Jun;41(2):129-33. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2003.41.2.129.

Abstract

A complete cDNA sequence encoding a pore-forming subunit (Kir6.2) of ATP-sensitive potassium channel in the adult worm, Clonorchis sinensis, termed CsKir6.2, was isolated from an adult cDNA library. The cDNA contained a single open-reading frame of 333 amino acids, which has a structural motif (a GFG-motif) of the putative pore-forming loop of the Kir6.2. Peculiarly, the CsKir6.2 shows a lack-sequence structure, which deleted 57 amino acids were deleted from its N-terminus. The predicted amino acid sequence revealed a highly conserved sequence as other known other Kir6.2 subunits. The mRNA was weekly expressed in the adult worm.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Clonorchis sinensis / genetics*
  • Clonorchis sinensis / metabolism
  • Helminth Proteins / genetics*
  • Helminth Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / genetics*
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / metabolism
  • RNA, Helminth / chemistry
  • RNA, Helminth / genetics
  • Sequence Alignment

Substances

  • Helminth Proteins
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
  • RNA, Helminth
  • Adenosine Triphosphate