Article
Structural and functional determinants in the S5-P region of HCN-encoded pacemaker channels revealed by cysteine-scanning substitutions.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 1 Jan 2008
Au Ka-Wing, Siu Chung-Wah, Lau Chu-Pak, Tse Hung-Fat, Li Ronald A
Abstract excerpt
Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-modulated (HCN) channels are responsible for the membrane pacemaker current that underlies the spontaneous generation of bioelectrical rhythms. However, their structure-function relationship is poorly understood. Previously, we identified several pore residues that influence HCN gating properties and proposed a pore-to-gate mechanism. Here, we systematically...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cadmium Chloride
- Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels
- Cysteine
- Dithiothreitol
- Ethyl Methanesulfonate
- Female
- Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels
- Ion Channel Gating
