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. 2002 Oct;83(4):1997–2006. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)73961-1

KCNE5 induces time- and voltage-dependent modulation of the KCNQ1 current.

Kamilla Angelo 1, Thomas Jespersen 1, Morten Grunnet 1, Morten Schak Nielsen 1, Dan A Klaerke 1, Søren-Peter Olesen 1
PMCID: PMC1302289  PMID: 12324418

Abstract

The function of the KCNE5 (KCNE1-like) protein has not previously been described. Here we show that KCNE5 induces both a time- and voltage-dependent modulation of the KCNQ1 current. Interaction of the KCNQ1 channel with KCNE5 shifted the voltage activation curve of KCNQ1 by more than 140 mV in the positive direction. The activation threshold of the KCNQ1+KCNE5 complex was +40 mV and the midpoint of activation was +116 mV. The KCNQ1+KCNE5 current activated slowly and deactivated rapidly as compared to the KCNQ1+KCNE1 at 22 degrees C; however, at physiological temperature, the activation time constant of the KCNQ1+KCNE5 current decreased fivefold, thus exceeding the activation rate of the KCNQ1+KCNE1 current. The KCNE5 subunit is specific for the KCNQ1 channel, as none of other members of the KCNQ-family or the human ether a-go-go related channel (hERG1) was affected by KCNE5. Four residues in the transmembrane domain of the KCNE5 protein were found to be important for the control of the voltage-dependent activation of the KCNQ1 current. We speculate that since KCNE5 is expressed in cardiac tissue it may here along with the KCNE1 beta-subunit regulate KCNQ1 channels. It is possible that KCNE5 shapes the I(Ks) current in certain parts of the mammalian heart.

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