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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2012

Regulation of Voltage-Activated K(+) Channel Gating by Transmembrane β Subunits.

Xiaohui Sun, Mark A Zaydman, Jianmin Cui

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3 authors.

Xiaohui SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Mark A Zaydman
Jianmin Cui

Funding

Ca2+ Dependent K+ Channels: Allosteric GatingR01HL070393 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, JIANMIN · 2002 to 2015
$4.9M
SUBUNITS INTERACTION IN THE FUNCTION OF BK CHANNELSR01NS060706 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, JIANMIN · 2010 to 2013
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL070393NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS060706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voltage-activated K(+) (K(V)) channels are important for shaping action potentials and maintaining resting membrane potential in excitable cells. K(V) channels contain a central pore-gate domain (PGD) surrounded by four voltage-sensing domains (VSDs). The VSDs will change conformation in response to alterations of the membrane potential thereby inducing the opening of the PGD. Many K(V) channels are heteromeric protein complexes containing auxiliary β subunits. These β subunits modulate channel expression and activity to increase functional diversity and render tissue specific phenotypes. This review focuses on the K(V) β subunits that contain transmembrane (TM) segments including the KCNE family and the β subunits of large conductance, Ca(2+)- and voltage-activated K(+) (BK) channels. These TM β subunits affect the voltage-dependent activation of K(V) α subunits. Experimental and computational studies have described the structural location of these β subunits in the channel complexes and the biophysical effects on VSD activation, PGD opening, and VSD-PGD coupling. These results reveal some common characteristics and mechanistic insights into K(V) channel modulation by TM β subunits.

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BKchannelKCNEKCNMBKCNQ1KVLRRCβ subunit

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PMCPMC3328208

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