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Aspartic acid residue D3 critically determines Cx50 gap junction channel transjunctional voltage-dependent gating and unitary conductance.
Biophysical journal - 7 Mar 2012
Xin Li, Nakagawa So, Tsukihara Tomitake, Bai Donglin
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested that the aspartic acid residue (D) at the third position is critical in determining the voltage polarity of fast V(j)-gating of Cx50 channels. To test whether another negatively charged residue (a glutamic acid residue, E) could fulfill the role of the D3 residue, we generated the mutant Cx50D3E. V(j)-dependent gating properties of this mutant channel were characterized by...
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