Electrophysiological characterization of a new member of the RCK family of rat brain K+ channels
- 14 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 278 (1), 55-60
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(91)80082-e
Abstract
A novel member of the RCK family of rat brain K+ channels, called RCK2, has been sequenced and expressed inXenopus oocytes. The K+ currents were voltage‐dependent, activated within 20 ms (at 0 mV), did not inactivate in 5 s, and had a single channel conductance in frog Ringers of 8.2 pS. Compared to other members of the RCK family the pharmacological profile of RCK2 was unique in that the channel was resistant to block (IC50 = 3.3 μM) by charybdotoxin [(1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 3329–3333] but relatively sensitive to 4‐aminopyridine (0.3 mM), tetraethylammonium (1.7 mM), α‐dendrotoxin (25 nM), noxiustoxin (200 nM), and mast cell degranulating peptide (200 nM). Thus, RCK2 is a non‐inactivating delayed rectifier K+ channel with interesting pharmacological properties.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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