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hERG potassium channel gating is mediated by N- and C-terminal region interactions.
The Journal of general physiology - 1 Mar 2011
Gustina Ahleah S, Trudeau Matthew C
Abstract excerpt
Human ether-á-go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channels have voltage-dependent closing (deactivation) kinetics that are unusually slow. A Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain in the cytoplasmic N-terminal region of hERG regulates slow deactivation by making a direct interaction with another part of the hERG channel. The mechanism for slow deactivation is unclear, however, because the other regions of the channel that...
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