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Biophys J, June 2000, p. 2918-2928, Vol. 78, No. 6

GOLAC: An Endogenous Anion Channel of the Golgi Complex

Mark H. Nordeen,* Steven M. Jones,* Kathryn E. Howell,* and John H. Caldwell*dagger

Departments of  *Cellular and Structural Biology and  dagger Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262 USA

The Golgi complex is present in every eukaryotic cell and functions in posttranslational modifications and sorting of proteins and lipids to post-Golgi destinations. Both functions require an acidic lumenal pH and transport of substrates into and by-products out of the Golgi lumen. Endogenous ion channels are expected to be important for these features, but none has been described. Ion channels from an enriched Golgi fraction cleared of transiting proteins were incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. Eighty percent of the single-channel recordings revealed the same anion channel. This channel has novel properties and has been named GOLAC (Golgi anion channel). The channel has six subconductance states with a maximum conductance of 130 pS, is open over 95% of the time, and is not voltage-gated. Significant for Golgi function, the channel conductance is increased by reduction of pH on the lumenal surface. This channel may serve two nonexclusive functions: providing counterions for the acidification of the Golgi lumen by the H+-ATPase and removal of inorganic phosphate generated by glycosylation and sulfation of proteins and lipids in the Golgi.

Biophys J, June 2000, p. 2918-2928, Vol. 78, No. 6
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