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Nadin BM, Pfaffinger PJ. Dipeptidyl peptidase-like protein 6 is required for normal electrophysiological properties of cerebellar granule cells. J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 23; 30(25):8551-65. PMID: 20573902; PMCID: PMC2916862. PubMed
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Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ. Multiple Kv channel-interacting proteins contain an N-terminal transmembrane domain that regulates Kv4 channel trafficking and gating. J Biol Chem. 2008 Dec 19; 283(51):36046-59. PMID: 18957440; PMCID: PMC2602920. PubMed
Jerng HH, Lauver AD, Pfaffinger PJ. DPP10 splice variants are localized in distinct neuronal populations and act to differentially regulate the inactivation properties of Kv4-based ion channels. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2007 Aug; 35(4):604-24. PMID: 17475505; PMCID: PMC3674967. PubMed
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Lu CW, Lin JH, Rajawat YS, Jerng H, Rami TG, Sanchez X, DeFreitas G, Carabello B, DeMayo F, Kearney DL, Miller G, Li H, Pfaffinger PJ, Bowles NE, Khoury DS, Towbin JA. Functional and clinical characterization of a mutation in KCNJ2 associated with Andersen-Tawil syndrome. J Med Genet. 2006 Aug; 43(8):653-9. PMID: 16571646; PMCID: PMC2564587. PubMed
Ren Y, Barnwell LF, Alexander JC, Lubin FD, Adelman JP, Pfaffinger PJ, Schrader LA, Anderson AE. Regulation of surface localization of the small conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channel, Sk2, through direct phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. J Biol Chem. 2006 Apr 28; 281(17):11769-79. PMID: 16513649. PubMed
Baker KA, Hilty C, Peti W, Prince A, Pfaffinger PJ, Wider G, Wüthrich K, Choe S. NMR-derived dynamic aspects of N-type inactivation of a Kv channel suggest a transient interaction with the T1 domain. Biochemistry. 2006 Feb 14; 45(6):1663-72. PMID: 16460013; PMCID: PMC3508000. PubMed
Yuan LL, Chen X, Kunjilwar K, Pfaffinger P, Johnston D. Acceleration of K+ channel inactivation by MEK inhibitor U0126. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2006 Jan; 290(1):C165-71. PMID: 16135544. PubMed
Jerng HH, Kunjilwar K, Pfaffinger PJ. Multiprotein assembly of Kv4.2, KChIP3 and DPP10 produces ternary channel complexes with ISA-like properties. J Physiol. 2005 Nov 1; 568(Pt 3):767-88. PMID: 16123112; PMCID: PMC1464192. PubMed
Wang G, Shahidullah M, Rocha CA, Strang C, Pfaffinger PJ, Covarrubias M. Functionally active t1-t1 interfaces revealed by the accessibility of intracellular thiolate groups in kv4 channels. J Gen Physiol. 2005 Jul; 126(1):55-69. PMID: 15955876; PMCID: PMC2266617. PubMed
Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ, Covarrubias M. Molecular physiology and modulation of somatodendritic A-type potassium channels. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2004 Dec; 27(4):343-69. PMID: 15555915. PubMed
Kunjilwar K, Strang C, DeRubeis D, Pfaffinger PJ. KChIP3 rescues the functional expression of Shal channel tetramerization mutants. J Biol Chem. 2004 Dec 24; 279(52):54542-51. PMID: 15485870. PubMed
Jerng HH, Qian Y, Pfaffinger PJ. Modulation of Kv4.2 channel expression and gating by dipeptidyl peptidase 10 (DPP10). Biophys J. 2004 Oct; 87(4):2380-96. PMID: 15454437; PMCID: PMC1304660. PubMed
Zhou W, Qian Y, Kunjilwar K, Pfaffinger PJ, Choe S. Structural insights into the functional interaction of KChIP1 with Shal-type K(+) channels. Neuron. 2004 Feb 19; 41(4):573-86. PMID: 14980206. PubMed
Jeromin A, Yuan LL, Frick A, Pfaffinger P, Johnston D. A modified Sindbis vector for prolonged gene expression in neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2003 Oct; 90(4):2741-5. PMID: 12853440. PubMed
Nanao MH, Zhou W, Pfaffinger PJ, Choe S. Determining the basis of channel-tetramerization specificity by x-ray crystallography and a sequence-comparison algorithm: Family Values (FamVal). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jul 22; 100(15):8670-5. PMID: 12835418; PMCID: PMC166370. PubMed
Strang C, Kunjilwar K, DeRubeis D, Peterson D, Pfaffinger PJ. The role of Zn2+ in Shal voltage-gated potassium channel formation. J Biol Chem. 2003 Aug 15; 278(33):31361-71. PMID: 12754210. PubMed
Schrader LA, Anderson AE, Mayne A, Pfaffinger PJ, Sweatt JD. PKA modulation of Kv4.2-encoded A-type potassium channels requires formation of a supramolecular complex. J Neurosci. 2002 Dec 1; 22(23):10123-33. PMID: 12451113. PubMed
Jahng AW, Strang C, Kaiser D, Pollard T, Pfaffinger P, Choe S. Zinc mediates assembly of the T1 domain of the voltage-gated K channel 4.2. J Biol Chem. 2002 Dec 6; 277(49):47885-90. PMID: 12372826. PubMed
Choe S, Cushman S, Baker KA, Pfaffinger P. Excitability is mediated by the T1 domain of the voltage-gated potassium channel. Novartis Found Symp. 2002; 245:169-75; discussion 175-7, 261-4. PMID: 12027006. PubMed
Strang C, Cushman SJ, DeRubeis D, Peterson D, Pfaffinger PJ. A central role for the T1 domain in voltage-gated potassium channel formation and function. J Biol Chem. 2001 Jul 27; 276(30):28493-502. PMID: 11312262. PubMed
Adams JP, Anderson AE, Varga AW, Dineley KT, Cook RG, Pfaffinger PJ, Sweatt JD. The A-type potassium channel Kv4.2 is a substrate for the mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK. J Neurochem. 2000 Dec; 75(6):2277-87. PMID: 11080179. PubMed
Cushman SJ, Nanao MH, Jahng AW, DeRubeis D, Choe S, Pfaffinger PJ. Voltage dependent activation of potassium channels is coupled to T1 domain structure. Nat Struct Biol. 2000 May; 7(5):403-7. PMID: 10802739. PubMed
Anderson AE, Adams JP, Qian Y, Cook RG, Pfaffinger PJ, Sweatt JD. Kv4.2 phosphorylation by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. J Biol Chem. 2000 Feb 25; 275(8):5337-46. PMID: 10681507. PubMed
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