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K+ binding sites and interactions between permeating K+ ions at the external pore mouth of an inward rectifier K+ channel (Kir2.1).
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Jun 1999
Shieh R C, Chang J C, Kuo C C
Abstract excerpt
The arginine at position 148 is highly conserved in the inward rectifier K+ channel family. Increases of external pH decrease the single-channel conductance in mutant R148H of the Kir2.1 channel (arginine is mutated into histidine) but not in the wild type channel. Moreover, in 100 mM external K+, varying external pH induced biphasic changes of open channel noise, which peaks at around pH 7.4 in the R148H mutant...
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