Control of ion flux and selectivity by negatively charged residues in the outer mouth of rat sodium channels.

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1. The sodium channel has a ring of negatively charged amino acids on its external face. This common structural feature of cation-selective channels has been proposed to optimize conduction by electrostatic attraction of permeant cations into the channel mouth. We tested this idea by mutagenesis of mu1 rat skeletal sodium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. 2. Replacement of the external glutamate residue in...

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