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The voltage-gated sodium channel EF-hands form an interaction with the III-IV linker that is disturbed by disease-causing mutations.
Scientific reports - 14 Mar 2018
Gardill Bernd R, Rivera-Acevedo Ricardo E, Tung Ching-Chieh, Okon Mark, McIntosh Lawrence P, Van Petegem Filip
Abstract excerpt
Voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV) are responsible for the rapid depolarization of many excitable cells. They readily inactivate, a process where currents diminish after milliseconds of channel opening. They are also targets for a multitude of disease-causing mutations, many of which have been shown to affect inactivation. A cluster of disease mutations, linked to Long-QT and Brugada syndromes, is located in a...
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