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Abstract
We have cloned Calx, a gene that encodes a Na-Ca exchanger of Drosophila melanogaster. Calx encodes two repeated motifs, Calx-alpha and Calx-beta, that overlap domains required for exchanger activity and regulation. Calx has multiple transcripts in adults, including at least one expressed in the retina. The Calx genomic locus comprises >/=35 kb between the Atpalpha and rudimentary-like genes in chromosomal region 93B. In Xenopus oocytes, microinjected Calx cRNA induces calcium uptake like that of its homolog, the 3Na+-1Ca2+ exchanger of mammalian heart. Implications of Calx-alpha motifs for the mechanism of Na-Ca exchange are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9294196 PMCID: PMC23348 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.19.10249
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205