KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels
Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels in the KCNQ (Kv7) family are essential features of a broad range of excitable and non-excitable cell types and are found in organisms ranging from Hydra vulgaris to Homo sapiens. Although they are firmly in the superfamily of S4 domain-bearing voltage-sensing io...
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| description | Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels in the KCNQ (Kv7) family are essential features of a broad range of excitable and non-excitable cell types and are found in organisms ranging from Hydra vulgaris to Homo sapiens. Although they are firmly in the superfamily of S4 domain-bearing voltage-sensing ion channels, KCNQ channels are highly sensitive to a range of endogenous and exogenous small molecules that act directly on the pore, the voltage-sensing domain, or the interface between the two. The focus of this review is regulation of KCNQs by direct binding of neurotransmitters and metabolites from both animals and plants and the role of the latter in the effects of plants consumed for food and as traditional folk medicines. The conceptual question arises: Are KCNQs voltage-gated channels that are also sensitive to ligands or ligand-gated channels that are also sensitive to voltage? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea61eac266174292b964ca7cb17281da2022-12-21T23:57:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2020-06-011110.3389/fphys.2020.00583545420KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium ChannelsGeoffrey W. AbbottVoltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels in the KCNQ (Kv7) family are essential features of a broad range of excitable and non-excitable cell types and are found in organisms ranging from Hydra vulgaris to Homo sapiens. Although they are firmly in the superfamily of S4 domain-bearing voltage-sensing ion channels, KCNQ channels are highly sensitive to a range of endogenous and exogenous small molecules that act directly on the pore, the voltage-sensing domain, or the interface between the two. The focus of this review is regulation of KCNQs by direct binding of neurotransmitters and metabolites from both animals and plants and the role of the latter in the effects of plants consumed for food and as traditional folk medicines. The conceptual question arises: Are KCNQs voltage-gated channels that are also sensitive to ligands or ligand-gated channels that are also sensitive to voltage?https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00583/fullepilepsyGABAherbal medicinehypertensionKCNEKCNQ2 |
| spellingShingle | Geoffrey W. Abbott KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels Frontiers in Physiology epilepsy GABA herbal medicine hypertension KCNE KCNQ2 |
| title | KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels |
| title_full | KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels |
| title_fullStr | KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels |
| title_full_unstemmed | KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels |
| title_short | KCNQs: Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels |
| title_sort | kcnqs ligand and voltage gated potassium channels |
| topic | epilepsy GABA herbal medicine hypertension KCNE KCNQ2 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00583/full |
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