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ArticleExperimental brain research2009

Replacement of a single cysteine in the fourth transmembrane region of zebrafish pannexin 1 alters hemichannel gating behavior.

Nora Prochnow, Sarah Hoffmann, Rolf Dermietzel, Georg Zoidl

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. The pannexins: past and present.Frontiers in physiology · 2014
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  15. Pannexin 1 ohnologs in the teleost lineage.The Journal of membrane biology · 2012
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4 authors.

Nora ProchnowDepartment of Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum 44780, Germany. nora.prochnow@rub.de
Sarah Hoffmann
Rolf Dermietzel
Georg Zoidl

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pannexin1 (Panx1) is a novel candidate for an electrical synapse protein in the retina. At present Panx1 is considered to function as a hemichannel. Since information about the gating properties of Panx1 channels to date rely on blocker pharmacology, we have begun to establish a structural context of channel function starting with site directed mutagenesis of cysteine residues in transmembrane domains of Panx1. Dye uptake and whole cell voltage clamp recordings of transfected N2a cells demonstrate that zfPanx1 forms voltage activated hemichannels with a large unitary conductance in vitro. The function of this channel was significantly reduced following mutation of a single cysteine residue (C282W) in the fourth transmembrane region. This result suggests a role of this domain in gating of the Panx1 hemichannel.

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Amino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCell Line, TumorConnexinsCysteineIon Channel GatingMembrane PotentialsMiceMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProtein Structure, TertiaryZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConnexinsCysteinepanx1a protein, zebrafishZebrafish Proteins

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