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Ultrafast inactivation causes inward rectification in a voltage-gated K(+) channel from Caenorhabditis elegans.
Fleischhauer R, Davis MW, Dzhura I, Neely A, Avery L, Joho RH.
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The exp-2 gene in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans influences the shape and duration of the action potential of pharyngeal muscle cells. Several loss-of-function mutations in exp-2 lead to broadening of the action potential and to a concomitant slowing of the pumping action of the pharynx. In contrast, a gain-of-function mutation leads to narrow action potentials and shallow pumping. We cloned and functionally characterized the exp-2 gene. The exp-2 gene is homologous to genes of the family of voltage-gated K(+) channels (Kv type). The Xenopus oocyte-expressed EXP-2 channel, although structurally closely related to Kv-type channels, is functionally distinct and very similar to the human ether-à-gogo-related gene (HERG) K(+) channel. In response to depolarization, EXP-2 activates slowly and inactivates very rapidly. On repolarization, recovery from inactivation is also rapid and strongly voltage-dependent. These kinetic properties make the Kv-type EXP-2 channel an inward rectifier that resembles the structurally unrelated HERG channel. Apart from many similarities to HERG, however, the molecular mechanism of fast inactivation appears to be different. Moreover, the single-channel conductance is 5- to 10-fold larger than that of HERG and most Kv-type K(+) channels. It appears that the inward rectification mechanism by rapid inactivation has evolved independently in two distinct classes of structurally unrelated, voltage-gated K(+) channels.
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