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XB-ART-20695
EMBO J 1994 Oct 03;1319:4451-8. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06767.x.
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Functional expression of a rat homologue of the voltage gated either á go-go potassium channel reveals differences in selectivity and activation kinetics between the Drosophila channel and its mammalian counterpart.

Ludwig J , Terlau H , Wunder F , Brüggemann A , Pardo LA , Marquardt A , Stühmer W , Pongs O .


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We have cloned a mammalian (rat) homologue of Drosophila ether á go-go (eag) cDNA, which encodes a distinct type of voltage activated potassium (K) channel. The derived Drosophila and rat eag polypeptides share > 670 amino acids, with a sequence identity of 61%, exhibiting a high degree of similarity at the N-terminus, the hydrophobic core including the pore forming P region and a potential cyclic nucleotide binding site. Rat eag mRNA is specifically expressed in the central nervous system. In the Xenopus oocyte expression system rat eag mRNA gives rise to voltage activated K channels which have distinct properties in comparison with Drosophila eag channels and other voltage activated K channels. Thus, the rat eag channel further extends the known diversity of K channels. Most notably, the kinetics of rat eag channel activation depend strongly on holding membrane potential. Hyperpolarization slows down the kinetics of activation; conversely depolarization accelerates the kinetics of activation. This novel K channel property may have important implications in neural signal transduction allowing neurons to tune their repolarizing properties in response to membrane hyperpolarization.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: gnao1 kcnh1

References [+] :
Adelman, Calcium-activated potassium channels expressed from cloned complementary DNAs. 1992, Pubmed, Xenbase