Table 1.

Summary of conductance and permeability data collected from mutant and WT Cx40

 hCx40WT rCx40WT Cx40A96S Cx40G38D Cx40M163V 
Junctional conductance (nS)      
HeLa 8.5 ± 0.6 (n = 32) 24.1 ± 3.5 (n = 22) 8.9 ± 1.5 (n = 34) 8.6 ± 0.9 (n = 51) 9.1 ± 1.0 (n = 38) 
N2A 8.9 ± 1.8 (n = 18) n.a. 7.3 ± 2.7 (n = 10) 8.3 ± 2.7 (n = 10) 7.2 ± 2.1 (n = 17) 
Unitary conductance (pS) 135 125a 139 220 131 
Vj,o (mV) 48 48 49 52 48 
3.9 4.1 2.1 2.1 3.1 
gj,min 0.24 0.24 0.20 0.20 0.22 
LY flux (molec/channel/s) 989 650 1,137 7,758 2,242 
Pγ (cm3/s) 0.82 × 10−15 0.54 × 10−15 0.95 × 10−15 6.52 × 10−15 1.87 × 10−15 
LY/K+ 0.0030 0.0021 0.0034 0.0145 0.0070 
EtBr flux (molec/channel/s) 5,059 5,454 16,156 1,121 19,218 
Pγ (cm3/s) 3.61 × 10−15 3.35 × 10−15 10.91 × 10−15 0.73 × 10−15 13.08 × 10−15 
EtBr/K+ 0.0131 0.0131 0.0376 0.0016 0.0474 
 hCx40WT rCx40WT Cx40A96S Cx40G38D Cx40M163V 
Junctional conductance (nS)      
HeLa 8.5 ± 0.6 (n = 32) 24.1 ± 3.5 (n = 22) 8.9 ± 1.5 (n = 34) 8.6 ± 0.9 (n = 51) 9.1 ± 1.0 (n = 38) 
N2A 8.9 ± 1.8 (n = 18) n.a. 7.3 ± 2.7 (n = 10) 8.3 ± 2.7 (n = 10) 7.2 ± 2.1 (n = 17) 
Unitary conductance (pS) 135 125a 139 220 131 
Vj,o (mV) 48 48 49 52 48 
3.9 4.1 2.1 2.1 3.1 
gj,min 0.24 0.24 0.20 0.20 0.22 
LY flux (molec/channel/s) 989 650 1,137 7,758 2,242 
Pγ (cm3/s) 0.82 × 10−15 0.54 × 10−15 0.95 × 10−15 6.52 × 10−15 1.87 × 10−15 
LY/K+ 0.0030 0.0021 0.0034 0.0145 0.0070 
EtBr flux (molec/channel/s) 5,059 5,454 16,156 1,121 19,218 
Pγ (cm3/s) 3.61 × 10−15 3.35 × 10−15 10.91 × 10−15 0.73 × 10−15 13.08 × 10−15 
EtBr/K+ 0.0131 0.0131 0.0376 0.0016 0.0474 

n.a., not applicable.

a

Valiunas et al. (2002).

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