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Depolarization-activated gating pore current conducted by mutant sodium channels in potassium-sensitive normokalemic periodic paralysis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Dec 2008
Sokolov Stanislav, Scheuer Todd, Catterall William A
Abstract excerpt
Some inherited periodic paralyses are caused by mutations in skeletal muscle Na(V)1.4 sodium channels that alter channel gating and impair action potential generation. In the case of hypokalemic periodic paralysis, mutations of one of the outermost two gating charges in the S4 voltage sensor in domain II of the Na(V)1.4 alpha subunit induce gating pore current, resulting in a leak of sodium or protons through the...
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