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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6441
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
Voltage-gated potassium (K+) channels display a wide variety of conductances and gating properties in vivo. This diversity can be attributed not only to the presence of many K(+)-channel gene products, but also to the possibility that different K(+)-channel subunits co-assemble to form heteromultimeric channels in vivo. When expressed in Xenopus oocytes or transfected cells, K(+)-channel polypeptides assemble to form tetramers. Certain combinations of Shaker-like subunits have been shown to co-assemble, forming heteromultimeric channels with distinct properties. It is not known, however, whether K(+)-channel polypeptides form heteromultimeric channels in vivo. Here we describe the co-localization of two Shaker-like voltage-gated K(+)-channel proteins, mKv1.1 and mKv1.2, in the juxtaparanodal regions of nodes of Ranvier in myelinated axons, and in terminal fields of basket cells in mouse cerebellum. We also show that mKv1.1 and mKv1.2 can be coimmunoprecipitated with specific antibodies that recognize only one of them. These data indicate that the two polypeptides occur in subcellular regions where rapid membrane repolarization may be important and that they form heteromultimeric channels in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
365
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Immunologic Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Ranvier's Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8361541-Xenopus
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Heteromultimeric K+ channels in terminal and juxtaparanodal regions of neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centre 182-B, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98108.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article