A 45-kDa protein antigenically related to band 3 is selectively expressed in kidney mitochondria.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Anion exchange similar to that catalyzed by erythrocyte band 3 occurs across many nonerythroid cell membranes. To identify anion-exchange proteins structurally related to band 3, we immunoblotted rabbit kidney medullary membrane fractions with anti-band 3 antibodies. Immunoblots using antibodies to the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 revealed cross-reactive proteins in the plasma membrane fraction only. In contrast, two monoclonal antibodies against band 3 membrane domain labeled a 45-kDa protein; further immunoblotting and immunogold studies of membrane fractions and kidney sections using one of the anti-membrane domain antibodies showed that labeling was strongest in mitochondria of H(+)-secreting collecting duct cells. Tissue-to-tissue expression of the 45-kDa mitochondrial protein was variable: kidney medulla greater than heart greater than kidney cortex much greater than liver. We conclude that a 45-kDa protein with immunological cross-reactivity to the erythrocyte band 3 membrane domain is expressed in mitochondria in a highly cell-specific fashion and speculate that the protein may play a role in mitochondrial anion transport.
Medical subject headings
- Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte
- Kidney
- Membrane Proteins
- Mitochondria