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XB-ART-17838
EMBO J 1996 Aug 15;1516:4093-9.
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Identification of a titratable lysine residue that determines sensitivity of kidney potassium channels (ROMK) to intracellular pH.

Fakler B , Schultz JH , Yang J , Schulte U , Brandle U , Zenner HP , Jan LY , Ruppersberg JP .


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Potassium (K+) homeostasis is controlled by the secretion of K+ ions across the apical membrane of renal collecting duct cells through a low-conductance inwardly rectifying K+ channel. The sensitivity of this channel to intracellular pH is particularly high and assumed to play a key role in K+ homeostasis. Recently, the apical K+ channel has been cloned (ROMK1,2,3 = Kir1.1a, Kir1.1b and Kir1.1c) and the pH dependence of ROMK1 was shown to resemble closely that of the native apical K+ channel. It is reported here that the steep pH dependence of ROMK channels is determined by a single amino acid residue located in the N-terminus close to the first hydrophobic segment M1. Changing lysine (K) at position 80 to methionine (M) removed the sensitivity of ROMK1 channels to intracellular pH. In pH-insensitive IRK1 channels, the reverse mutation (M84K) introduced dependence on intracellular pH similar to that of ROMK1 wild-type. A detailed mutation analysis suggests that a shift in the apparent pKalpha of K80 underlies the pH regulation of ROMK1 channels in the physiological pH range.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: kcnj1 kcnj12 kcnj2

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