Commentary: A channelopathy mutation in the voltage-sensor discloses contributions of a conserved phenylalanine to gating properties of Kv1.1 channels and ataxia

Front Cell Neurosci. 2018 Jun 20:12:174. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00174. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Sonia Hasan¹, Therese Hunter², Gary Hunter², Mauro Pessia^{2

3}, Maria Cristina D'Adamo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
² Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
³ Section of Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: KV1.1; channelopathy; hydrophobic gating; potassium channels; shaker-related; voltage-gated.

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