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Science 20 March 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5921, pp. 1614 - 1617
DOI: 10.1126/science.1169789
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Ankyrin-G Promotes Cyclic Nucleotide–Gated Channel Transport to Rod Photoreceptor Sensory Cilia

Krishnakumar Kizhatil,1 Sheila A. Baker,2 Vadim Y. Arshavsky,2 Vann Bennett1*

Cyclic nucleotide–gated (CNG) channels localize exclusively to the plasma membrane of photosensitive outer segments of rod photoreceptors where they generate the electrical response to light. Here, we report the finding that targeting of CNG channels to the rod outer segment required their interaction with ankyrin-G. Ankyrin-G localized exclusively to rod outer segments, coimmunoprecipitated with the CNG channel, and bound to the C-terminal domain of the channel β1 subunit. Ankyrin-G depletion in neonatal mouse retinas markedly reduced CNG channel expression. Transgenic expression of CNG channel β-subunit mutants in Xenopus rods showed that ankyrin-G binding was necessary and sufficient for targeting of the β1 subunit to outer segments. Thus, ankyrin-G is required for transport of CNG channels to the plasma membrane of rod outer segments.

1 Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: benne012{at}mc.duke.edu

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