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Does hERG coassemble with a beta subunit? Evidence for roles of MinK and MiRP1.
Novartis Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 2005
Anantharam Arun, Abbott Geoffrey W
Abstract excerpt
The voltage-gated potassium channel formed by hERG pore-forming alpha subunits generates the IKr cardiac potassium current, and is considered essential for human ventricular repolarization. What is not certain is whether human IKr channels contain ancillary subunits in vivo. Two chief contenders for this role are MinK (encoded by KCNE1) and MiRP1 (KCNE2). MinK and MiRP1 are single transmembrane domain peptides...
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