Hoshi T
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA.
J Gen Physiol. 1995 Mar;105(3):309-28. doi: 10.1085/jgp.105.3.309.
The KAT1 channel is a hyperpolarization-activated K+ channel cloned from the higher plant Arabidopsis. The deduced amino acid sequence suggests that its structural organization is similar to that of the Shaker-like K+ channel activated by depolarization. Electrophysiological properties of the KAT1 channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes indicate that voltage-dependent activation of the KAT1 channel is not caused by the divalent ion block and that it is intrinsic to the channel. Activity of the KAT1 channel progressively decreases upon patch excision. This rundown of the channel is accompanied by a large shift in the voltage dependence of the channel to a more negative direction. The voltage dependence is also regulated by pH, ATP, and cGMP.
KAT1通道是从高等植物拟南芥中克隆出来的一种超极化激活的钾离子通道。推导的氨基酸序列表明,其结构组织与去极化激活的类Shaker钾离子通道相似。在非洲爪蟾卵母细胞中表达的KAT1通道的电生理特性表明,KAT1通道的电压依赖性激活不是由二价离子阻断引起的,而是通道固有的特性。KAT1通道的活性在膜片钳切除后逐渐降低。通道的这种衰减伴随着通道电压依赖性向更负方向的大幅偏移。电压依赖性也受pH、ATP和环鸟苷酸的调节。