The Pro 475 to Asp mutation in the Shaker Kv channel causes constitutive conduction by perturbing the closed-open equilibrium, allowing activation gate opening without voltage-sensor activation.
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Challenges voltage-sensor gating models in Kv channels; leaves open relevance to human cardiac electrophysiology.
Sukhareva et al. (2003) studied this question.
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