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Electrostatic charge at position 552 affects the activation and permeation of FMRFamide-gated Na+ channels.
The journal of physiological sciences : JPS - 1 Mar 2014
Kodani Yu, Furukawa Yasuo
Abstract excerpt
The FMRFamide-gated Na(+) channel (FaNaC) is a unique peptide-gated sodium channel and a member of the epithelial sodium channel/degenerin family. Previous studies have shown that an aspartate residue (Asp(552)) in the second transmembrane domain is involved in activation of the FaNaC. To examine the significance of a negative charge at position 552, we used a cysteine-modification method. Macroscopic currents of...
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