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Novel beta subunit mutation causes a slow-channel syndrome by enhancing activation and decreasing the rate of agonist dissociation.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Jan 2000
Navedo Manuel F, Lasalde-Dominicci José A, Báez-Pagán Carlos A, Díaz-Pérez Luzed, Rojas Legier V, Maselli Ricardo A, Staub Julie, Schott Kelly, Zayas Roberto, Gomez Christopher M
Abstract excerpt
We traced the cause of a slow-channel syndrome (SCS) in a patient with progressive muscle weakness, repetitive compound muscle action potential and prolonged low amplitude synaptic currents to a V --> F substitution in the M1 domain of the beta subunit (betaV229F) of the muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR). In vitro expression studies in Xenopus oocytes indicated that the novel mutation betaV229F expressed...
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