A voltage-gated calcium-selective channel encoded by a sodium channel-like gene.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
BSC1, which was originally identified by its sequence similarity to voltage-gated Na(+) channels, encodes a functional voltage-gated cation channel whose properties differ significantly from Na(+) channels. BSC1 has slower kinetics of activation and inactivation than Na(+) channels, it is more selective for Ba(2+) than for Na(+), it is blocked by Cd(2+), and Na(+) currents through BSC1 are blocked by low concentrations of Ca(2+). All of these properties are more similar to voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels than to voltage-gated Na(+) channels. The selectivity for Ba(2+) is partially due to the presence of a glutamate in the pore-forming region of domain III, since replacing that residue with lysine (normally present in voltage-gated Na(+) channels) makes the channel more selective for Na(+). BSC1 appears to be the prototype of a novel family of invertebrate voltage-dependent cation channels with a close structural and evolutionary relationship to voltage-gated Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Zhou, W; Chung, I; Liu, Z; Goldin, AL; Dong, K
Published Date
- April 2004
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 42 / 1
Start / End Page
- 101 - 112
PubMed ID
- 15066268
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC3065994
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1097-4199
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0896-6273
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/s0896-6273(04)00148-5
Language
- eng