2021
An epilepsy-causing mutation leads to co-translational misfolding of the Kv7.2 channel
Urrutia J, Aguado A, Gomis-Perez C, Muguruza-Montero A, Ballesteros OR, Zhang J, Nuñez E, Malo C, Chung HJ, Leonardo A, Bergara A, Villarroel A. An epilepsy-causing mutation leads to co-translational misfolding of the Kv7.2 channel. BMC Biology 2021, 19: 109. PMID: 34020651, PMCID: PMC8138981, DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01040-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKv7.2 channelsChannel functionSequences of proteinsNon-native configurationsNascent chainsProper foldingEpilepsy-causing mutationsIQ motifResponsive domainHuman diseasesHelix ANative conformationFolding routeIon channelsKCNQ2 geneMutationsNeuronal compartmentsFoldingMisfoldingProteinKey pathogenic mechanismsPathogenic variantsSilico studiesPathogenic mechanismsSide chains
2015
Epilepsy-causing mutations in Kv7.2 C-terminus affect binding and functional modulation by calmodulin
Ambrosino P, Alaimo A, Bartollino S, Manocchio L, De Maria M, Mosca I, Gomis-Perez C, Alberdi A, Scambia G, Lesca G, Villarroel A, Taglialatela M, Soldovieri MV. Epilepsy-causing mutations in Kv7.2 C-terminus affect binding and functional modulation by calmodulin. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2015, 1852: 1856-1866. PMID: 26073431, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBenign familial neonatal seizuresKv7.2/Kv7.3 channelsFunctional modulationPatch-clamp recordingsPotential therapeutic approachFamilial neonatal seizuresComplete functional lossNeonatal seizuresEpileptic encephalopathyPathogenetic mechanismsTherapeutic approachesChannel dysfunctionCaM affinityEpilepsy-causing mutationsKv7.3 channelsFunctional lossCaM overexpressionFunctional changesEpileptic diseasePhenotypic presentationChannel subunitsKCNQ2 geneKv7.2Significant alterationsC-terminal fragment