Regulation of K+ flow by a ring of negative charges in the outer pore of BKCa channels. Part II: Neutralization of aspartate 292 reduces long channel openings and gating current slow component

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-197

  Haug, Trude ^a   Olcese, Riccardo ^a   Toro, Ligia ^a   Stefani, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction; Gating current; hSlo; Pore; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTATION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 3843130620     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308950     Document Type: Article

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