TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of apamin and d-tubocurarine block in SK potassium channels
AU - Ishii, Takahiro M.
AU - Maylie, James
AU - Adelman, John P.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels show a distinct pharmacology. Some, but not all, are blocked by the peptide toxin apamin, and apamin-sensitive channels are also blocked by d-tubocurarine. Cloned SK channels (small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel) recapitulate these properties. We have investigated the structural basis for these differences and found that two amino acid residues on either side of the deep pore are the primary determinants of sensitivity to apamin and differential block by d-tubocurarine. Therefore, the pharmacology of SK channels compared with other potassium channels correlates with structural differences in the outer pore region. However, introduction of a tyrosine residue in the position analogous to that which determines sensitivity to external tetraethylammonium for voltage-gated potassium channels endows SK channels with an equivalent tetraethylammonium sensitivity, indicating that the outer vestibules of the pores are similar. The pharmacology of channels formed in oocytes coinjected with SK1 and SK2 mRNAs, or with SK1-SK2 dimer mRNA, show that SK subunits may form heteromeric channels.
AB - Small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels show a distinct pharmacology. Some, but not all, are blocked by the peptide toxin apamin, and apamin-sensitive channels are also blocked by d-tubocurarine. Cloned SK channels (small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel) recapitulate these properties. We have investigated the structural basis for these differences and found that two amino acid residues on either side of the deep pore are the primary determinants of sensitivity to apamin and differential block by d-tubocurarine. Therefore, the pharmacology of SK channels compared with other potassium channels correlates with structural differences in the outer pore region. However, introduction of a tyrosine residue in the position analogous to that which determines sensitivity to external tetraethylammonium for voltage-gated potassium channels endows SK channels with an equivalent tetraethylammonium sensitivity, indicating that the outer vestibules of the pores are similar. The pharmacology of channels formed in oocytes coinjected with SK1 and SK2 mRNAs, or with SK1-SK2 dimer mRNA, show that SK subunits may form heteromeric channels.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.272.37.23195
DO - 10.1074/jbc.272.37.23195
M3 - Article
C2 - 9287325
AN - SCOPUS:0030865332
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 272
SP - 23195
EP - 23200
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 37
ER -