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Catalytic mechanism and substrate specificity of the beta-subunit of the voltage-gated potassium channel.
Biochemistry - 26 Aug 2008
Tipparaju Srinivas M, Barski Oleg A, Srivastava Sanjay, Bhatnagar Aruni
Abstract excerpt
The beta-subunits of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels are members of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily. These proteins regulate inactivation and membrane localization of Kv1 and Kv4 channels. The Kvbeta proteins bind to pyridine nucleotides with high affinity; however, their catalytic properties remain unclear. Here we report that recombinant rat Kvbeta2 catalyzes the reduction of a wide range of...
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