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Background  Nitric oxide sensitive guanylyl cyclase (NOsGC) is a heterodimeric enzyme formed by an α- and a β 1 -subunit. A splice variant (C-α 1 ) of the α 1 -subunit, lacking at least the first 236 amino acids has been described by  Sharina  et al. 2008 and has been shown to be expressed in differentiating human embryonic cells.  Wagner  et al. 2005 have shown that the amino acids 61–128 of the α 1 -subunit are mandatory for quantitative heterodimerization implying that the C-α 1 -splice variant should lose its capacity to dimerize quantitatively.    Methodology/Principal Findings  In the current study we demonstrate preserved quantitative dimerization of the C-α 1 -splice by co-purification with the β 1 -subunit. In addition we used fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) based on fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) using fusion proteins of the β 1 -subunit and the α 1 -subunit or the C-α 1  variant with ECFP or EYFP. Analysis of the respective combinations in HEK-293 cells showed that the fluorescence lifetime was significantly shorter (≈0.3 ns) for α 1 /β 1  and C-α 1 /β 1  than the negative control. In addition we show that lack of the amino-terminus in the α 1  splice variant directs it to a more oxidized subcellular compartment.    Conclusions/Significance  We conclude that the amino-terminus of the α 1 -subunit is dispensable for dimerization  in-vivo  and  ex-vivo , but influences the subcellular trafficking.

The Amino-Terminus of Nitric Oxide Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase α1 Does Not Affect Dimerization but Influences Subcellular Localization