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Regulation of Pro-Apoptotic Phosphorylation of Kv2.1 K+ Channels.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
He Kai, McCord Meghan C, Hartnett Karen A, Aizenman Elias
Abstract excerpt
Caspase activity during apoptosis is inhibited by physiological concentrations of intracellular K+. To enable apoptosis in injured cortical and hippocampal neurons, cellular loss of this cation is facilitated by the insertion of Kv2.1 K+ channels into the plasma membrane via a Zn2+/CaMKII/SNARE-dependent process. Pro-apoptotic membrane insertion of Kv2.1 requires the dual phosphorylation of the channel by Src and...
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