[HTML][HTML] hERG K+ channels: structure, function, and clinical significance

JI Vandenberg, MD Perry, MJ Perrin… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
The human ether-a-go-go related gene (hERG) encodes the pore-forming subunit of the
rapid component of the delayed rectifier K+ channel, Kv11. 1, which are expressed in the …

Molecular pathophysiology of congenital long QT syndrome

MS Bohnen, G Peng, SH Robey… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Ion channels represent the molecular entities that give rise to the cardiac action potential,
the fundamental cellular electrical event in the heart. The concerted function of these …

Laser spectroscopy of muonic deuterium

R Pohl, F Nez, LMP Fernandes, FD Amaro, F Biraben… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The deuteron is the simplest compound nucleus, composed of one proton and one neutron.
Deuteron properties such as the root-mean-square charge radius rd and the polarizability …

Structure of the voltage-gated K+ channel Eag1 reveals an alternative voltage sensing mechanism

JR Whicher, R MacKinnon - Science, 2016 - science.org
Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels are gated by the movement of the transmembrane
voltage sensor, which is coupled, through the helical S4-S5 linker, to the potassium pore …

Structural basis for the activity regulation of a potassium channel AKT1 from Arabidopsis

Y Lu, M Yu, Y Jia, F Yang, Y Zhang, X Xu, X Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The voltage-gated potassium channel AKT1 is responsible for primary K+ uptake in
Arabidopsis roots. AKT1 is functionally activated through phosphorylation and negatively …

Large-scale mutational analysis of Kv11. 1 reveals molecular insights into type 2 long QT syndrome

CL Anderson, CE Kuzmicki, RR Childs, CJ Hintz… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
It has been suggested that deficient protein trafficking to the cell membrane is the dominant
mechanism associated with type 2 Long QT syndrome (LQT2) caused by Kv11. 1 potassium …

Intracellular pH in sperm physiology

T Nishigaki, O José, AL González-Cota… - Biochemical and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Intracellular pH (pHi) regulation is essential for cell function. Notably, several unique sperm
ion transporters and enzymes whose elimination causes infertility are either pHi dependent …

Structural insights into the mechanisms of CNBD channel function

ZM James, WN Zagotta - Journal of General Physiology, 2018 - rupress.org
Cyclic nucleotide-binding domain (CNBD) channels are a family of ion channels in the
voltage-gated K+ channel superfamily that play crucial roles in many physiological …

The structural mechanism of KCNH-channel regulation by the eag domain

Y Haitin, AE Carlson, WN Zagotta - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The KCNH voltage-dependent potassium channels (ether-à-go-go, EAG; EAG-related gene,
ERG; EAG-like channels, ELK) are important regulators of cellular excitability,, and have key …

Mechanism of electromechanical coupling in voltage-gated potassium channels

R Blunck, Z Batulan - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Voltage-gated ion channels play a central role in the generation of action potentials in the
nervous system. They are selective for one type of ion–sodium, calcium, or potassium …