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Trafficking-deficient hERG K⁺ channels linked to long QT syndrome are regulated by a microtubule-dependent quality control compartment in the ER.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 1 Jul 2011
Smith Jennifer L, McBride Christie M, Nataraj Parvathi S, Bartos Daniel C, January Craig T, Delisle Brian P
Abstract excerpt
The human ether-a-go-go related gene (hERG) encodes the voltage-gated K(+) channel that underlies the rapidly activating delayed-rectifier current in cardiac myocytes. hERG is synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as an "immature" N-linked glycoprotein and is terminally glycosylated in the Golgi apparatus. Most hERG missense mutations linked to long QT syndrome type 2 (LQT2) reduce the terminal...
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