1996
Impaired slow inactivation in mutant sodium channels
Cummins T, Sigworth F. Impaired slow inactivation in mutant sodium channels. Biophysical Journal 1996, 71: 227-236. PMID: 8804606, PMCID: PMC1233474, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(96)79219-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat skeletal muscle channelsSodium currentProlonged depolarizationSlow inactivationPersistent sodium currentMaximal sodium currentSkeletal muscle channelsMuscle paralysisSkeletal muscle fibersMutant sodium channelsSustained currentHyperkalemic periodic paralysisM mutationPeriodic paralysisSodium channelsMuscle channelsMuscle fibersParalysisFast inactivationWild-type channelsMutant channelsDepolarization
1993
Substitution of a hydrophobic residue alters the conformational stability of Shaker K+ channels during gating and assembly
McCormack K, Lin L, Sigworth F. Substitution of a hydrophobic residue alters the conformational stability of Shaker K+ channels during gating and assembly. Biophysical Journal 1993, 65: 1740-1748. PMID: 8274662, PMCID: PMC1225901, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81202-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBiophysical PhenomenaBiophysicsDNA, ComplementaryDrosophilaDrug StabilityFemaleIon Channel GatingMembrane PotentialsMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOocytesPeptidesPotassium ChannelsProtein ConformationShaker Superfamily of Potassium ChannelsThermodynamicsXenopus laevisConceptsUncharged amino acid residuesLeucine heptad repeatWild-type subunitsPosition 370Large hydrophobic residuesAmino acid residuesSequence motifsConservative substitutionsHeptad repeatHydrophobic residuesVoltage-gated channelsLeucine residuesAcid residuesTertiary structureS4 segmentSpecific hydrophobic interactionsHydrophilic residuesResidue altersChannel subunitsInactivation gatingChannel complexSubunitsConformational stabilityConformational transitionResiduesFluctuations in ion channel gating currents. Analysis of nonstationary shot noise
Crouzy S, Sigworth F. Fluctuations in ion channel gating currents. Analysis of nonstationary shot noise. Biophysical Journal 1993, 64: 68-76. PMID: 8381683, PMCID: PMC1262303, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81341-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
Tandem linkage of Shaker K+ channel subunits does not ensure the stoichiometry of expressed channels
McCormack K, Lin L, Iverson L, Tanouye M, Sigworth F. Tandem linkage of Shaker K+ channel subunits does not ensure the stoichiometry of expressed channels. Biophysical Journal 1992, 63: 1406-1411. PMID: 1477286, PMCID: PMC1261445, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(92)81703-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research