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Human MinK and KCNQ1 subunits assemble to form I(Ks) channels. When MinK position 55 is mutated to cysteine (MinK-55C), I(Ks) channels can be blocked by external cadmium (Cd(2+)). We have supported a pore-associated location for MinK-55C because Cd(2+) block is sensitive to voltage, permeant ions on the opposite side of the membrane (trans-ions), and external tetraethylammonium (TEA), an I(Ks) pore-blocker. Two recent reports argue that MinK-55C is distant from the pore: one finds TEA does not affect Cd(2+) block if channels are formed with a KCNQ1 mutant (K318I, V319Y) that increases TEA affinity; the second proposes that Cd(2+) binds between MinK-55C and a cysteine in KCNQ1 that is posited to lie toward the channel periphery. Here, these discrepancies are considered. First, Cd(2+) block of MinK-55C channels formed with wild-type KCNQ1 is shown to depend not only on voltage and trans-ions but state (showing decreased on-rate with increased open time and blocker trapping on channel closure). Conversely, MinK-55C channels with K318I, V319Y KCNQ1 are found to demonstrate Cd(2+) block that is independent of voltage, trans-ions and state (and to have a lower unitary conductance): thus, the KCNQ1 mutations alter the process under study, yielding Cd(2+) inhibition that is pore-independent and, perforce, TEA-insensitive. Second, MinK-55C channels are found to remain sensitive to Cd(2+) despite mutation of any single native cysteine in KCNQ1 or all nine simultaneously; this suggests no KCNQ1 cysteine binds Cd(2+) and can serve to localize MinK-55C. Despite many concerns that are enumerated, we remain obliged to conclude that Cd(2+) enters and leaves the pore to reach MinK-55C, placing that residue in or near the pore.
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