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Fragile X mental retardation protein controls gating of the sodium-activated potassium channel Slack.

ABSTRACT: In humans, the absence of Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), an RNA-binding protein, results in Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. Using biochemical and electrophysiological studies, we found that FMRP binds to the C terminus of the Slack sodium-activated potassium channel to activate the channel in mice. Our findings suggest that Slack activity provides a link between patterns of neuronal firing and changes in protein translation.

SUBMITTER: Brown MR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2893252 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fragile X mental retardation protein controls gating of the sodium-activated potassium channel Slack.

Brown Maile R MR Kronengold Jack J Gazula Valeswara-Rao VR Chen Yi Y Strumbos John G JG Sigworth Fred J FJ Navaratnam Dhasakumar D Kaczmarek Leonard K LK

Nature neuroscience 20100530 7

In humans, the absence of Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), an RNA-binding protein, results in Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. Using biochemical and electrophysiological studies, we found that FMRP binds to the C terminus of the Slack sodium-activated potassium channel to activate the channel in mice. Our findings suggest that Slack activity provides a link between patterns of neuronal firing and changes in protein translation. ...[more]

PMID: 20512134

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