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Molecular identification and characterisation of the human eag2 potassium channel
Author(s) -
Ju M,
Wray D
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03055-7
Subject(s) - potassium channel , potassium , complementary dna , chemistry , conductance , biophysics , amino acid , electrophysiology , molecular cloning , biochemistry , biology , gene , neuroscience , mathematics , organic chemistry , combinatorics
We report the molecular cloning from foetal brain of the human potassium channel heag2. The cDNA encodes a protein of 988 amino acids, 73% identical to heag1. Heag2 is expressed in the brain, but is also found in a range of tissues including skeletal muscle. In oocytes, the channel is a non‐inactivating outward rectifier, with dependence of activation rate on holding potential. Compared with heag1, the conductance–voltage curve for heag2 was shifted to the left, the voltage sensitivity was less, activation kinetics were different, and the sensitivity to terfenadine was lower. The heag2 channel may have important physiological roles.