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Mapping the receptor site for hanatoxin, a gating modifier of voltage-dependent K+ channels.
Neuron - 1 Apr 1997
Swartz K J, MacKinnon R
Abstract excerpt
Hanatoxin (HaTx) binds to multiple sites on the surface of the drk1 voltage-gated K+ channel and modifies channel gating. We set out to identify channel residues that contribute to form these HaTx binding sites. Chimeras constructed using the drk1 and shaker K+ channels suggest that the S3-S4 linker may contain influential residues. Alanine scanning mutagenesis of the region extending from the C terminal end of...
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