Search Results - "Robertson, Gail A."
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hERG 1b is critical for human cardiac repolarization
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (16-12-2014)“…Significance The 1a subunit of the human ether-à-go-go–related gene (hERG) potassium channel is a critical component of cardiac repolarization and the…”
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The Enigmatic Cytoplasmic Regions of KCNH Channels
Published in Journal of molecular biology (16-01-2015)“…KCNH channels are expressed across a vast phylogenetic and evolutionary spectrum. In humans, they function in a wide range of tissues and serve as biomarkers…”
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Cotranslational association of mRNA encoding subunits of heteromeric ion channels
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-04-2016)“…Oligomers of homomeric voltage-gated potassium channels associate early in biogenesis as the nascent proteins emerge from the polysome. Less is known about…”
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International Union of Pharmacology. LIII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of voltage-gated potassium channels
Published in Pharmacological reviews (01-12-2005)Get full text
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A microtranslatome coordinately regulates sodium and potassium currents in the human heart
Published in eLife (31-10-2019)“…Catastrophic arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death can occur with even a small imbalance between inward sodium currents and outward potassium currents, but…”
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The Interaction between the Drosophila EAG Potassium Channel and the Protein Kinase CaMKII Involves an Extensive Interface at the Active Site of the Kinase
Published in Journal of molecular biology (07-12-2018)“…The Drosophila EAG (dEAG) potassium channel is the founding member of the superfamily of KNCH channels, which are involved in cardiac repolarization, neuronal…”
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Cardiac IKr Channels Minimally Comprise hERG 1a and 1b Subunits
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (22-10-2004)“…Previous studies suggest native cardiac I Kr channels are composed of alpha subunits encoded solely by the 1a transcript of the ERG1 gene. Using…”
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hERG1a N-terminal eag domain-containing polypeptides regulate homomeric hERG1b and heteromeric hERG1a/hERG1b channels: a possible mechanism for long QT syndrome
Published in The Journal of general physiology (01-12-2011)“…Human ether-á-go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channels are critical for cardiac action potential repolarization. Cardiac hERG channels comprise two primary…”
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Fluorescence-tracking of activation gating in human ERG channels reveals rapid S4 movement and slow pore opening
Published in PloS one (28-05-2010)“…hERG channels are physiologically important ion channels which mediate cardiac repolarization as a result of their unusual gating properties. These are very…”
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International Union of Pharmacology. XLI. Compendium of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels: Potassium Channels
Published in Pharmacological reviews (01-12-2003)“…This summary article presents an overview of the molecular relationships among the voltage-gated potassium channels and a standard nomenclature for them, which…”
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Heteromeric Assembly of Human Ether-à-go-go-related Gene (hERG) 1a/1b Channels Occurs Cotranslationally via N-terminal Interactions
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (30-03-2007)“…Alternate transcripts of the human ether-à-go-go-related gene (hERG1) encode two subunits, hERG 1a and 1b, which form potassium channels regulating cardiac…”
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hERG gating microdomains defined by S6 mutagenesis and molecular modeling
Published in The Journal of general physiology (01-11-2008)“…Human ether-à-go-go-related gene (hERG) channels mediate cardiac repolarization and bind drugs that can cause acquired long QT syndrome and life-threatening…”
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Retention and Rescue by Heteromeric Assembly Regulate Human ERG 1a/1b Surface Channel Composition
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (15-02-2008)“…Defects in the trafficking of subunits encoded by the human ether-à-go-go-related gene (hERG1) can lead to catastrophic arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death…”
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HERG, a Human Inward Rectifier in the Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Family
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-07-1995)“…In contrast to other members of the Eag family of voltage-gated, outwardly rectifying potassium channels, the human eag-related gene (HERG) has now been shown…”
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A possible role for phase separation in heteromeric biogenesis of hERG1a/1b channels
Published in Biophysical journal (10-02-2023)Get full text
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A Drosophila behavioral mutant, down and out (dao), is defective in an essential regulator of Erg potassium channels
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-03-2010)“…To signal properly, excitable cells must establish and maintain the correct balance of various types of ion channels that increase or decrease membrane…”
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hERG Function in Light of Structure
Published in Biophysical journal (25-02-2020)“…The human ether-a-go-go-related gene1 (hERG) ion channel has been the subject of fascination since it was identified as a target of long QT syndrome more than…”
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It's not funny: How changes in If limit maximum heart rate with aging
Published in The Journal of general physiology (01-02-2017)“…Robertson highlights recent work showing how aging limits pacemaking by the funny current, If, in the sinoatrial node…”
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Being Black in biophysics
Published in Biophysical journal (18-04-2023)Get full text
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