Table 3.

Distribution of main and low channel openings of GABAA receptor

α1β3γ2Lα1β3γ2L(P302L)αβa
MainLowMainLowLow
Number of openings9938708660639299723
Open probability0.5550.6190.0770.1490.680
Mean open time, ms9.8914.716.85.012.43
Opening components, ms
τO1 (%)2.71 (80)1.67 (57)4.06 (33)2.65 (62)1.06 (93)
τO2 (%)14.3 (9)8.13 (23)20.7 (63)4.99 (31)6.39 (7)
τO3 (%)55.3 (11)55.8 (20)54.5 (4)23.9 (7)NO
  • aSingle-channel properties of αβ receptors recorded from cell-attached patches held at +80 mM with 1 mM GABA are shown for comparison. NO, not observed.