Proton block and voltage gating are potassium-dependent in the cardiac leak channel Kcnk3
Proton block and voltage gating are potassium-dependent in the cardiac leak channel Kcnk3
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m001948200
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发表时间:
2000-06-02
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Goldstein, SAN
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作者:
Lopes, CMB;Gallagher, PG;Goldstein, SAN
Potassium leak conductances were recently revealed to exist as independent molecular entities. Here, the genomic structure, cardiac localization, and biophysical properties of a murine example are considered. Kcnk3 subunits have two pore-forming P domains and unique functional attributes. At steady state, Kcnk3 channels behave like open, potassium-selective, transmembrane holes that are inhibited by physiological levels of proton. With voltage steps, Kcnk3 channels open and close in two phases, one appears to be immediate and one is time-dependent (tau = similar to 5 ms). Both proton block and gating are potassium-sensitive; this produces an anomalous increase in outward flux as external potassium levels rise because of decreased proton block. Single Kcnk3 channels open across the physiological voltage range; hence they are "leak" conductances; however, they open only briefly and rarely even after exposure to agents that activate other potassium channels.