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The K+ channel signature sequence of murine Kir2.1: mutations that affect microscopic gating but not ionic selectivity.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Feb 2001
So I, Ashmole I, Davies N W, Sutcliffe M J, Stanfield P R
Abstract excerpt
1. We have studied the effects on ionic selectivity and gating of Kir2.1 of replacing Tyr (Y) in the GYG signature sequence with Phe (Y145F), Leu (Y145L), Met (Y145M), Ala (Y145A) or Val (Y145V). 2. The mutant Y145F showed no changes in ionic selectivity (as indicated by the permeability coefficient ratios PNa/PK or PRb/PK), indicating that a hydrogen bond between Tyr and other residues is not essential for K+...
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