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Requirement of a macromolecular signaling complex for beta adrenergic receptor modulation of the KCNQ1-KCNE1 potassium channel.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 18 Jan 2002
Marx Steven O, Kurokawa Junko, Reiken Steven, Motoike Howard, D'Armiento Jeanine, Marks Andrew R, Kass Robert S
Abstract excerpt
Sympathetic nervous system (SNS) regulation of cardiac action potential duration (APD) is mediated by beta adrenergic receptor (betaAR) activation, which increases the slow outward potassium ion current (IKS). Mutations in two human I(KS) channel subunits, hKCNQ1 and hKCNE1, prolong APD and cause inherited cardiac arrhythmias known as LQTS (long QT syndrome). We show that betaAR modulation of I(KS) requires...
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