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  • Title: Subconductance behavior in a maxi Ca2(+)-activated K+ channel induced by dendrotoxin-I.
    Author: Lucchesi K, Moczydlowski E.
    Journal: Neuron; 1990 Jan; 4(1):141-8. PubMed ID: 2310572.
    Abstract:
    Toxin I (DTX-I), a 60-residue peptide belonging to the dendrotoxin family of Mamba snake neurotoxins, is a potent inhibitor of various types of voltage-gated K+ currents. To investigate the sensitivity of another major class of K+ channels to DTX-I, the effect of this toxin was studied on single Ca2(+)-activated K+ channels from rat skeletal muscle incorporated into planar bilayers. Internal (intracellular) DTX-I was found to induce reversibly a long-lived (tau = 40 s), inwardly rectifying subconductance state with 66% of the normal open-state current at +20 mV. Analysis of the kinetics of substate formation and the current-voltage behavior of the substate suggest that binding of DTX-I modifies conduction of K+ ions through the pore without affecting the Ca2+ dependence or voltage dependence of gating. These results identify a unique internal binding site for DTX-I (Kd = 90 nM in 50 mM KCl) on a ubiquitous class of high-conductance, Ca2(+)-activated K+ channels.
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