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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 276, Issue 42, Pages 38690-38696Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M106595200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL058410, HL58410] Funding Source: Medline
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The modulation of K-ATP channels during acidosis has an impact on vascular tone, myocardial rhythmicity, insulin secretion, and neuronal excitability. Our previous studies have shown that the cloned Kir6.2 is activated with mild acidification but inhibited with high acidity. The activation relies on His-175, whereas the molecular basis for the inhibition remains unclear. To elucidate whether the His-175 is indeed the protonation site and what other structures are responsible for the pH-induced inhibition, we performed these studies. Our data showed that the His-175 is the only proton sensor whose protonation is required for the channel activation by acidic pH. In contrast, the channel inhibition at extremely low pH depended on several other histidine residues including His-186, His-193, and His-216. Thus, proton has both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on the Kir6.2 channels, which attribute to two sets of histidine residues in the C terminus.
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