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. 2014 Apr 3;5:53. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00053

Table 4.

Ions and molecules tested as gating pore blockers.

Channel Mutation Location Ions Guanidinium derivatives References
Block No effect Block No effect
dShaker R362C/E283D R1/E1 Mg2+ Ethyl-guanidium Tombola et al., 2005
rNav1.4 R666G DII/R2 Ca2+, Zn2+, Ba2+ Sokolov et al., 2007
rNav1.4 R663H DII/R1 Li+, Ni2+, Cd2+, Ba2+ Struyk and Cannon, 2007
rNav1.4 R666G DII/R2 Ca2+, Zn2+, Ba2+ Struyk et al., 2008
N.at-Kv3.2 None* None* Ba2+ Klassen et al., 2008
rNav1.4 R666G DII/R2 Ca2+, Zn2+, Y3+, Ba2+, La3+, Yb3+, Lu3+, Hf4+, Tl3+ 1-(2,4-xylyl) guanidine-carbonate Ethyl- guanidium Sokolov et al., 2010
hHv1 R211S R3 Zn2+ Berger and Isacoff, 2011
rNav1.4 R1125Q DIII/R2 Ni2+, Zn2+ Ca2+, Ba2+ Francis et al., 2011
hNav1.5 R219H DI/R1 Ni2+, Zn2+, Cd2+,La3+ Ethyl- guanidium Gosselin-Badaroudine et al., 2012b
*

For N.at-Kv3.2, no substitution was required to induce a gating pore.