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XB-ART-21185
Biophys J 1994 Jun 01;666:1895-903. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(94)80983-X.
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Ca(2+)-dependent inactivation of a cloned cardiac Ca2+ channel alpha 1 subunit (alpha 1C) expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

Neely A , Olcese R , Wei X , Birnbaumer L , Stefani E .


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The alpha 1 subunit of cardiac Ca2+ channel, expressed alone or coexpressed with the corresponding beta subunit in Xenopus laevis oocytes, elicits rapidly inactivating Ca2+ currents. The inactivation has the following properties: 1) It is practically absent in external Ba2+; 2) it increases with Ca2+ current amplitudes; 3) it is faster at more negative potentials for comparable Ca2+ current amplitudes; 4) it is independent of channel density; and 5) it does not require the beta subunit. These findings indicate that the Ca2+ binding site responsible for inactivation is encoded in the alpha 1 subunit and suggest that it is located near the inner channel mouth but outside the membrane electric field.

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Argibay, Inactivation, reactivation and pacing dependence of calcium current in frog cardiocytes: correlation with current density. 1988, Pubmed