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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
We have cloned a novel voltage-gated K channel, LKv1, in two species of leech. The properties of LKv1 expressed in transiently transfected HEK293 cells is that of a delayed rectifier current. LKv1 may be a major modulator of excitability in leech neurons, since antibody localization studies show that LKv1 is expressed in the soma and axons of all neurons in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Comparison of the biophysical and pharmacological properties of LKv1 with native voltage-gated conductances in leech neurons suggests that LKv1 may correspond to the previously characterized delayed rectifier current, I(K). Phylogenetic analysis of LKv1 shows that it is related to the Shaker subfamily of voltage-gated K channels although it occupies a separate branch from that of the monophyletic Shaker clade composed of the flatworm, Aplysia, Drosophila, and mammalian Shaker homologs as well as from that of two recently identified Shaker-related K channels in jellyfish. Thus, this analysis indicates that this group of voltage-gated K channels contains several evolutionarily divergent lineages.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3034
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Biological Evolution, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Ion Channel Gating, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Leeches, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:10022573-Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning and characterization of LKv1, a novel voltage-gated potassium channel in leech.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology and Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't