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Human\n                    <jats:italic>KCNB1<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutations are known to cause global development delay or plateauing, epilepsy, and behavioral disorders. Here, we report a sibling pair with developmental delay, absence seizures, autism spectrum disorder, hypotonia, and dysmorphic features. Whole exome sequencing revealed a heterozygous variant of uncertain significance (c. 342 C&amp;gt;A), p. (S114R) in\n                    <jats:italic>KCNB1<\/jats:italic>\n                    , encoding a serine to arginine substitution (S114R) in the N-terminal cytoplasmic region of Kv2.1. The siblings\u2019 father demonstrated autistic features and was determined to be an obligate\n                    <jats:italic>KCNB1<\/jats:italic>\n                    c. 342 C&amp;gt;A carrier based on familial genetic testing results. Functional investigation of Kv2.1-S114R using cellular electrophysiology revealed slowing of channel activation, deactivation, and inactivation, resulting in increased net current after longer membrane depolarizations. To our knowledge, this is the first study of its kind that compares the presentation of siblings each with a\n                    <jats:italic>KCNB1<\/jats:italic>\n                    disorder. Our study demonstrates that Kv2.1-S114R has profound cellular and phenotypic consequences. Understanding the mechanisms underlying\n                    <jats:italic>KCNB1<\/jats:italic>\n                    -linked disorders aids clinicians in diagnosis and treatment and provides potential therapeutic avenues to pursue.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fncel.2024.1438101","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,29]],"date-time":"2024-07-29T00:33:56Z","timestamp":1722213236000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["A novel autism-associated KCNB1 mutation dramatically slows Kv2.1 potassium channel activation, deactivation and inactivation"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"R\u00edan W.","family":"Manville","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samantha D.","family":"Block","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claire L.","family":"Illeck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jessica","family":"Kottmeier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Sidlow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Geoffrey W.","family":"Abbott","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"583","DOI":"10.3389\/fphys.2020.00583","article-title":"KCNQs: ligand-and voltage-gated potassium channels","volume":"11","author":"Abbott","year":"2020","journal-title":"Front. 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