The Second Hydrophobic Domain Contributes to the Kinetic Properties of Epithelial Sodium Channels*
Fyfe G, Zhang P, Canessa C. The Second Hydrophobic Domain Contributes to the Kinetic Properties of Epithelial Sodium Channels*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 36415-36421. PMID: 10593937, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond hydrophobic domainEpithelial sodium channelBeta subunitHydrophobic domainWild-type subunitsSecond transmembrane domainENaC/Deg familyTransmembrane domainChimeric subunitsSodium channelsFunctional poresSubunit alphaAlpha subunitKinetic propertiesFunctional channelsSubunitsSingle-channel conductanceIon channelsSpecific sequencesXenopus oocytesSmall conductanceOpen probabilityChannel conductanceFunctional propertiesAmiloride affinity