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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 19/22 mutations alter heterocomplex Kv4.3 channel function and gating in a dominant manner.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Sept 2015
Duarri Anna, Lin Meng-Chin A, Fokkens Michiel R, Meijer Michel, Smeets Cleo J L M, Nibbeling Esther A R, Boddeke Erik, Sinke Richard J, Kampinga Harm H, Papazian Diane M, Verbeek Dineke S
Abstract excerpt
The dominantly inherited cerebellar ataxias are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders caused by Purkinje cell loss in the cerebellum. Recently, we identified loss-of-function mutations in the KCND3 gene as the cause of spinocerebellar ataxia type 19/22 (SCA19/22), revealing a previously unknown role for the voltage-gated potassium channel, Kv4.3, in Purkinje cell survival. However, how mutant Kv4.3...
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