Slo1 tail domains, but not the Ca2+ bowl, are required for the β1 subunit to increase the apparent Ca2+ sensitivity of BK channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 829-843

  Qian, Xiang ^a   Nimigean, Crina M ^a,b   Niu, Xiaowei ^a   Moss, Brenda L ^a,c   Magleby, Karl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ activated K+ channel; DHS I; Estrogen; RCK domain; Slo3

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; DEHYDROSOYASAPONIN 1; ESTRADIOL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RCK1 PROTEIN; RCK2 PROTEIN; S1O1 PROTEIN; S1O3 PROTEIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; KCNMA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036900726     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.20028692     Document Type: Article

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