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When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel?
Ever since they were first observed in Purkinje fibers of the heart, funny channels have had close connections to potassium channels. Indeed, funny channels were initially thought to produce a potassium current in the heart called I(K2). However, funny channels are completely unlike potassium channe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36325512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/function/zqac052 |
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description | Ever since they were first observed in Purkinje fibers of the heart, funny channels have had close connections to potassium channels. Indeed, funny channels were initially thought to produce a potassium current in the heart called I(K2). However, funny channels are completely unlike potassium channels in ways that make their contributions to the physiology of cells unique. An important difference is the greater ability for sodium to permeate funny channels. Although it does not flow through the funny channel as easily as does potassium, sodium does permeate well enough to allow for depolarization of cells following a strong hyperpolarization. This is critical for the function of funny channels in places like the heart and brain. Computational analyses using recent structures of the funny channels have provided a possible mechanism for their unusual permeation properties. |
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spelling | pubmed-96149282022-11-01 When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel? Accili, Eric Function (Oxf) Evidence Review Ever since they were first observed in Purkinje fibers of the heart, funny channels have had close connections to potassium channels. Indeed, funny channels were initially thought to produce a potassium current in the heart called I(K2). However, funny channels are completely unlike potassium channels in ways that make their contributions to the physiology of cells unique. An important difference is the greater ability for sodium to permeate funny channels. Although it does not flow through the funny channel as easily as does potassium, sodium does permeate well enough to allow for depolarization of cells following a strong hyperpolarization. This is critical for the function of funny channels in places like the heart and brain. Computational analyses using recent structures of the funny channels have provided a possible mechanism for their unusual permeation properties. Oxford University Press 2022-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9614928/ /pubmed/36325512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/function/zqac052 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of American Physiological Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Evidence Review Accili, Eric When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel? |
title | When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel? |
title_full | When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel? |
title_fullStr | When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel? |
title_full_unstemmed | When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel? |
title_short | When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel? |
title_sort | when is a potassium channel not a potassium channel? |
topic | Evidence Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36325512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/function/zqac052 |
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