REPULSION BETWEEN TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM IONS IN CLONED VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS
REPULSION BETWEEN TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM IONS IN CLONED VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS
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DOI:
10.1016/0896-6273(92)90212-v
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发表时间:
1992-05-01
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影响因子:
16.2
通讯作者:
ALMERS, W
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作者:
NEWLAND, CF;ADELMAN, JP;ALMERS, W
Tetraethylammonium ion (TEA+) blocks voltage-gated K+ channels by acting at two sites located at opposite ends of the aqueous pore. This allowed us to test two predictions made by models of ion permeation, namely that K+ channels can be simultaneously occupied by multiple ions and that the ions repel each other. We show that externally applied TEA+ antagonize block by internal TEA+ and vice versa. The antagonism is less than predicted for competitive binding, hence TEA+ may occupy both sites simultaneously. External TEA+ and internal TEA+ reduce each others affinity 4- to 5-fold. In addition, K+ antagonizes block by TEA+ at the opposite side of the membrane, and external TEA+ antagonizes is block by internal Ba2+. The antagonism between ions applied at opposite sides of the membrane may be common to all cations binding to K+ channels.