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    Structure function relationships in diphtheria toxin channels: II. A residue responsible for the channel's dependence on trans pH (1994)
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    The journal of membrane biology 137 (1994), S. 29-44 
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    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: Diphtheria toxin ; Site-directed mutagenesis ; Planar lipid bilayers ; Single channel conductance ; Ion selectivity ; pH dependence
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Ion-conducting channels formed in lipid bilayers by diphtheria toxin are highly pH dependent. Among other properties, the channel's single channel conductance and selectivity depend on proton concentrations on either side of the membrane. We have previously shown that a 61 amino acid fragment of DT is sufficient to form a channel having the same pH-dependent single channel properties as that of the intact toxin. This region corresponds to an a-helical hairpin in the recently published crystal structure of DT in solution; the hairpin contains two α-helices, each long enough to span a membrane, connected by a loop of about nine residues. This paper reports on the single channel effects of mutations which alter the two negatively charged residues in this loop. Changing Glutamate 349 to neutral glutamine or to positive lysine has no effect on the DT channel's single channel conductance or selectivity. In contrast, mutations of Aspartate 352 to neutral asparagine (DT-D352N) or positive lysine (DT-D352K) cause progressive reductions in single channel conductance at pH 5.3 cis/7.2 trans (in 1 m KCl), consistent with this group interacting electrostatically with ions in the channel. The cation selectivity of these mutant channels is also reduced from that of wild-type channels, a direction consistent with residue 352 influencing permeant ions via electrostatic forces. When both sides of the membrane are at pH 4, the conductance difference between wild-type and DT-D352N channels is minimal, suggesting that Asp 352 (in the wild type) is neutral at this pH. Differences observed between wild-type and DT-D352N channels at pH 4.0 cis/7.2 trans (with a high concentration of permeant buffer in the cis compartment) imply that residue 352 is on or near the trans side of the membrane. Comparing the conductances of wild-type and DT-D352K channels at large (cis) positive voltages supports this conclusion. The trans location of position 352 severely constrains the number of possible membrane topologies for this region.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00234996
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    Structure-function relationships in diphtheria toxin channels: III. Residues which affect the cis pH dependence of channel conductance (1994)
    Springer
    The journal of membrane biology 137 (1994), S. 45-57 
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    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: Diphtheria toxin ; Site-directed mutagenesis ; Planar lipid bilayers ; Single channel conductance ; Ion selectivity ; pH dependence
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The conductance of channels formed by diphtheria toxin (DT) in lipid bilayer membranes depends strongly on pH. We have previously shown that a 61 amino acid region of the protein, denoted TH8-9, is sufficient to form channels having the same pH-dependent conductance properties as those of whole toxin channels. One residue in this region, Aspartate 352, is responsible for all the dependence of single channel conductance on trans pH, whereas another, Glutamate 349, has no effect. Here, we report that of the seven remaining charged residues in the TH8-9 region, mutations altering the charge on H322, H323, H372, and R377 have minimal effects on single channel conductance; mutations of Glutamates 326, 327, or 362, however, significantly affect single channel conductance as well as its dependence on cis pH. Moreover, Glutamate 362 is titratable from both the cis and trans sides of the membrane, suggesting that this residue lies within the channel; it is more accessible, however, to cis than to trans protons. These results are consistent with the membrane-spanning topology previously proposed for the TH8-9 region, and suggest a geometric model for the DT channel.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00234997
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    Auditory signal detection in schizophrenics (1972)
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    Psychopharmacology 24 (1972), S. 6-28 
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    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Signal Detection ; Schizophrenia ; Drug Effects ; Phenothiazine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Differences in auditory signal detection between paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenic patients were examined under six signal-to-noise conditions for those off and on different dosages of phenothiazine medication. Their performance was compared with normals. It was found that with increasing levels of phenothiazine medication the signal detection performance of paranoids increased while for nonparanoids it decreased. Normals performed best under all signal-to-noise conditions and paranoids worst. Only paranoids as compared to nonparanoids adopted consistently and significantly more conservative decision making criteria. Both normals and nonparanoids adopted decision criteria close to optimum. The d'measure of signal detection theory used to assess signal detection performance does not appear to reflect solely the sensitivity of the auditory mechanism in schizophrenics. Rather it reflects the combined influences of decreased correct responses, increased propensity to make omission errors, and large response variability.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00402903
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