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NEURON
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 13-23Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00444-5
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH011753] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS041866, NS031253] Funding Source: Medline
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More than 50 genes are known to encode K+ channel monomers and can coassemble to form hetero-tetrameric K+ channels. However, only a subset of possible monomer combinations come together to form functional ion channels. The assembly and tetramerization of appropriate channel monomers is mediated by association domains (ADs). To identify such domains in human large-conductance Ca2(+)-activated K+ channels (hSlo1), we screened hSlo1 domains for self-association using yeast two-hybrid assays. Putative ADs were subjected to functional assays in Xenopus oocytes and further characterized by co precipitation, native gel electrophoresis, and sucrose density gradient centrifugation assays. This led to the identification of a single intracellular association domain localized near the channel pore and required for channel function. We conclude that this novel tetramerization domain, referred to as BK-T1, promotes the assembly of hSlo1 monomers into functional Kc channels.
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