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Creation of a reactive oxygen species-insensitive Kcv channel.
Biochemistry - 7 May 2013
Schroeder Indra, Gazzarrini Sabrina, Ferrara Giuseppina, Thiel Gerhard, Hansen Ulf-Peter, Moroni Anna
Abstract excerpt
The current of the minimal viral K(+) channel Kcv(PCBV-1) heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes is strongly inhibited by reactive oxygen species (ROS) like H(2)O(2). Possible targets for the ROS effect are two cysteines (C53 and C79) and four methionines (M1, M15, M23, and M26). The C53A/C79A and M23L/M26L double mutations maintained the same ROS sensitivity as the wild type. However, M15L as a single...
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