Engineering a stable and selective peptide blocker of the Kv1.3 channel in T lymphocytes
Pennington, M.W., Beeton, C., Galea, C.A., Smith, B.J., Chi, V., Monaghan, K.P., Garcia, A., Rangaraju, S., Giuffrida, A., Plank, D., Crossley, G., Nugent, D., Khaytin, I., Lefievre, Y., Peshenko, I., Dixon, C., Chauhan, S., Orzel, A., Inoue, T., Hu, X., Moore, R.V., Norton, R.S., Chandy, K.G.(2009) Mol Pharmacol 75: 762-773
- PubMed: 19122005 
- DOI: 10.1124/mol.108.052704
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2K9E - PubMed Abstract: 
Kv1.3 potassium channels maintain the membrane potential of effector memory (T(EM)) T cells that are important mediators of multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and rheumatoid arthritis. The polypeptide ShK-170 (ShK-L5), containing an N-terminal phosphotyrosine extension of the Stichodactyla helianthus ShK toxin, is a potent and selective blocker of these channels ...