Article
Distal end of carboxyl terminus is not essential for the assembly of rat Eag1 potassium channels.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Aug 2011
Chen I-Hsiu, Hu Jui-Hsiang, Jow Guey-Mei, Chuang Chao-Chin, Lee Ting-Ting, Liu Dai-Chi, Jeng Chung-Jiuan
Abstract excerpt
The assembly of four pore-forming α-subunits into tetramers is a prerequisite for the formation of functional K(+) channels. A short carboxyl assembly domain (CAD) in the distal end of the cytoplasmic carboxyl terminus has been implicated in the assembly of Eag α-subunits, a subfamily of the ether-à-go-go K(+) channel family. The precise role of CAD in the formation of Eag tetrameric channels, however, remains...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Line
- DNA, Complementary
- Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Glycosylation
- Humans
- Mutation
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Rats
- Recombinant Proteins
