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Two physically distinct pores in the dimeric ClC-0 chloride channel.

Ludewig, Uwe ; Pusch, M. ; Jentsch, T. J. (1996)
Two physically distinct pores in the dimeric ClC-0 chloride channel.
In: Nature, 383 (6598)
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

The Torpedo chloride channel ClC-0 is the prototype of a large family of chloride channels that have roles in transepithelial transport and in regulating electrical excitability and cell volume. ClC-0 opens in bursts with two identical conductance levels of approximately 8pS. Hyperpolarization slowly increases the probability of bursts ('slow gating'), and depolarization increases channel opening within bursts ('fast gating'). Replacing serine 123 by threonine changes rectification, ion selectivity and gating, but retains the typical bursting behaviour with two identical independent albeit reduced, conductance states (approximately 1.5 pS). Coexpression with wild-type ClC-0, either as covalently linked concatamers or as independent proteins, leads to bursting channels with two different pores. Our experiments strongly suggest that conductance, ion selectivity and 'fast' gating are determined only by the single subunit forming a single pore, independent from the attached pore; in contrast, 'slow' gating is a function of both subunits. Thus ClC-0 is a homodimer with two largely independent pores.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 1996
Autor(en): Ludewig, Uwe ; Pusch, M. ; Jentsch, T. J.
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Two physically distinct pores in the dimeric ClC-0 chloride channel.
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 1996
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Nature
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 383
(Heft-)Nummer: 6598
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

The Torpedo chloride channel ClC-0 is the prototype of a large family of chloride channels that have roles in transepithelial transport and in regulating electrical excitability and cell volume. ClC-0 opens in bursts with two identical conductance levels of approximately 8pS. Hyperpolarization slowly increases the probability of bursts ('slow gating'), and depolarization increases channel opening within bursts ('fast gating'). Replacing serine 123 by threonine changes rectification, ion selectivity and gating, but retains the typical bursting behaviour with two identical independent albeit reduced, conductance states (approximately 1.5 pS). Coexpression with wild-type ClC-0, either as covalently linked concatamers or as independent proteins, leads to bursting channels with two different pores. Our experiments strongly suggest that conductance, ion selectivity and 'fast' gating are determined only by the single subunit forming a single pore, independent from the attached pore; in contrast, 'slow' gating is a function of both subunits. Thus ClC-0 is a homodimer with two largely independent pores.

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