TABLE II.

The decay rate of the macroscopic current through the wild-type and different Y1618K mutant channels

 Wild-type Y1618 single mutants 
 Y1618K Y1618D Y1618R Y1618W Y1618A Y1618P 
Decay rate(ms−10.25 ± 0.05 0.42 ± 0.02 0.78 ± 0.10 0.60 ± 0.10 0.23 ± 0.07 0.56 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.03 
 Wild-type Y1618 single mutants 
 Y1618K Y1618D Y1618R Y1618W Y1618A Y1618P 
Decay rate(ms−10.25 ± 0.05 0.42 ± 0.02 0.78 ± 0.10 0.60 ± 0.10 0.23 ± 0.07 0.56 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.03 
 Y1618 double mutants 
 Y1618K + F1619K Y1618K + K1617A Y1618K + E1616K Y1618K + R1626C Y1618K + F1651A 
Decay rate(ms−10.45 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.03 
 Y1618 double mutants 
 Y1618K + F1619K Y1618K + K1617A Y1618K + E1616K Y1618K + R1626C Y1618K + F1651A 
Decay rate(ms−10.45 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.03 

The macroscopic current is elicited by a step depolarization to +10 mV from a holding potential of −120 mV. The decay phase of the elicited current is fitted with a monoexponential function, and the inverse of the current decay time constant is given in the table (n = 3–19).

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