Saturation and Microsecond Gating of Current Indicate Depletion-induced Instability of the MaxiK Selectivity Filter

Patch clamp experiments on single MaxiK channels expressed in HEK293 cells were performed with a high temporal resolution (50-kHz filter) in symmetrical solutions with 50, 150, or 400 mM KCl and 2.5 mM CaCl2 and 2.5 mM MgCl2. At membrane potentials >+100 mV, the single-channel current showed a ne...

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Main Authors: Schroeder, Indra, Hansen, Ulf-Peter
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2154363/