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Molecular basis of slow activation of the human ether-a-go-go related gene potassium channel.
Subbiah RN
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Clarke CE
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Smith DJ
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Zhao J
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Campbell TJ
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Vandenberg JI
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The human ether-á-go-go related gene (HERG) encodes the pore forming alpha-subunit of the rapid delayed rectifier K(+) channel which is central to the repolarization phase of the cardiac action potential. HERG K(+) channels have unusual kinetics characterized by slow activation and deactivation, yet rapid inactivation. The fourth transmembrane domain (S4) of HERG, like other voltage-gated K(+) channels, contains multiple positive charges and is the voltage sensor for activation. In this study, we mutated each of the positively charged residues in this region to glutamine (Q), expressed the mutant and wild-type (WT) channels in Xenopus laevis oocytes and studied them using two-electrode voltage clamp methods. K525Q channels activated at more hyperpolarized potentials than WT, whereas all the other mutant channels activated at more depolarized potentials. All mutants except for R531Q also had a reduction in apparent gating charge associated with activation. Mutation of K525 to cysteine (C) resulted in a less dramatic phenotype than K525Q. The addition of the positively charged MTSET to K525C altered the phenotype to one more similar to K525Q than to WT. Therefore it is not charge per se, but the specific lysine side chain at position 525, that is crucial for stabilizing the closed state. When rates of activation and deactivation for WT and mutant channels were compared at equivalent total (chemical + electrostatic) driving forces, K525Q and R528Q accelerated activation but had no effect on deactivation, R531Q slowed activation and deactivation, R534Q accelerated activation but slowed deactivation and R537Q accelerated deactivation but had no effect on activation. The main conclusions we can draw from these data are that in WT channels K525 stabilizes the closed state, R531 stabilizes the open state and R534 participates in interactions that stabilize pre-open closed states.
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