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Protein-protein interactions play a very important role in Na +-K + pump-mediated signal transduction. For example, the Na +-K + pump interacts directly with Src, a non-receptor tyrosine kinase, to form a signaling receptor complex. [15] Src is initially inhibited by the Na +-K + pump. However, upon subsequent ouabain binding, the Src kinase ...
The sodium–potassium pump is a critical enzyme for regulating sodium and potassium levels in cells. Potassium is the main intracellular ion for all types of cells, while having a major role in maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance. [1] [2] Potassium is necessary for the function of all living cells and is thus present in all plant and ...
The H + /K + ATPase is a heterodimeric protein, the product of 2 genes. The gene ATP4A [4] encodes the H + /K + ATPase α subunit, and is a ~1000-amino acid protein that contains the catalytic sites of the enzyme and forms the pore through the cell membrane that allows the transport of ions. Hydronium ions bind to two active sites present in ...
Most of the enzymes that perform this type of transport are transmembrane ATPases. A primary ATPase universal to all animal life is the sodium-potassium pump, which helps to maintain the cell potential. The sodium-potassium pump maintains the membrane potential by moving three Na + ions out of the cell for every two [13] K + ions
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Another example is the hydrogen potassium ATPase (H + /K + ATPase or gastric proton pump) that acidifies the contents of the stomach. ATPase is genetically conserved in animals; therefore, cardenolides which are toxic steroids produced by plants that act on ATPases, make general and effective animal toxins that act dose dependently. [7]
Animals have a gastric hydrogen potassium ATPase or H + /K + ATPase that belongs to the P-type ATPase family and functions as an electroneutral proton pump. This pump is found in the plasma membrane of cells in the gastric mucosa and functions to acidify the stomach. [6]
Following the BRAT diet or the bland diet is a form of self-care to ensure you are eating easy-to-digest foods and obtain some nutrients while your body is under GI distress.