Mechanism of increased BK channel activation from a channel mutation that causes epilepsy.

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Concerted depolarization and Ca(2+) rise during neuronal action potentials activate large-conductance Ca(2+)- and voltage-dependent K(+) (BK) channels, whose robust K(+) currents increase the rate of action potential repolarization. Gain-of-function BK channels in mouse knockout of the inhibitory beta 4 subunit and in a human mutation (alpha(D434G)) have been linked to epilepsy. Here, we investigate mechanisms...

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