Email

hjerng@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Lab)

Room: BCMS-S630
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

BA from University Of Texas At Austin

12/1989 - Austin, Texas, United States

Biochemistry

PhD from Thomas Jefferson University

05/1998 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Pathology and Cell Biology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University

Pacific Grove, California, United States

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Websites

Selected Publications

• Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ. " Modulatory mechanisms and multiple functions of somatodendritic A-type K(+) channel auxiliary subunits " Front Cell Neurosci. 2014 Mar 27; 8 : 82.
  Pubmed PMID: 24723849.
• Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ. " S-glutathionylation of an auxiliary subunit confers redox sensitivity to Kv4 channel inactivation " PLoS One. 2014 Mar 27; 9 (3) : e93315.
  Pubmed PMID: 24675763.
• Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ. " Incorporation of DPP6a and DPP6K Variants in Ternary Kv4 Channel Complex Reconstitutes Properties of A-type K Current in Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells. " PLoS ONE. 2012 Jun 4; 7 (6) : e38205.
  Pubmed PMID: 22675523.
• Jerng HH, Dougherty K, Covarrubias M, Pfaffinger PJ. " A novel N-terminal motif of dipeptidyl peptidase-like proteins produces rapid inactivation of K(V)4.2 channels by a pore-blocking mechanism. " Channels (Austin). 2009 Nov ; 3 (6) : 448-61.
  Pubmed PMID: 19901547.
• Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ. " Multiple Kv channel-interacting proteins contain an N-terminal transmembrane domain that regulates Kv4 channel trafficking and gating. " J. Biol. Chem.. 2008 Dec 19; 283 (51) : 36046-59.
  Pubmed PMID: 18957440.
• Jerng HH, Lauver AD, Pfaffinger PJ. " DPP10 splice variants are localized in distinct neuronal populations and act to differentially regulate the inactivation properties of Kv4-based ion channels. " Mol. Cell. Neurosci.. 2007 Aug ; 35 (4) : 604-24.
  Pubmed PMID: 17475505.
• Lu CW, Lin JH, Rajawat YS, Jerng H, Rami TG, Sanchez X, DeFreitas G, Carabello B, DeMayo F, Kearney DL, Miller G, Li H, Pfaffinger PJ, Bowles NE, Khoury DS, Towbin JA. " Functional and clinical characterization of a mutation in KCNJ2 associated with Andersen-Tawil syndrome. " J. Med. Genet.. 2006 Aug ; 43 (8) : 653-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 16571646.
• Jerng HH, Kunjilwar K, Pfaffinger PJ. " Multiprotein assembly of Kv4.2, KChIP3 and DPP10 produces ternary channel complexes with ISA-like properties. " J. Physiol. (Lond.). 2005 Nov 1; 568 : 767-88.
  Pubmed PMID: 16123112.
• Jerng HH, Qian Y, Pfaffinger PJ. " Modulation of Kv4.2 channel expression and gating by dipeptidyl peptidase 10 (DPP10). " Biophys. J.. 2004 Oct ; 87 (4) : 2380-96.
  Pubmed PMID: 15454437.
• Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ, Covarrubias M. " Molecular physiology and modulation of somatodendritic A-type potassium channels. " Mol. Cell. Neurosci.. 2004 Dec ; 27 (4) : 343-69.
  Pubmed PMID: 15555915.
• Jerng HH, Gilly WF. " Inactivation and pharmacological properties of sqKv1A homotetramers in Xenopus oocytes cannot account for behavior of the squid delayed rectifier" K(+) conductance." " Biophys. J.. 2002 Jun ; 82 (6) : 3022-36.
  Pubmed PMID: 12023225.
• Ellis KC, Tenenholz TC, Jerng H, Hayhurst M, Dudlak CS, Gilly WF, Blaustein MP, Weber DJ. " Interaction of a toxin from the scorpion Tityus serrulatus with a cloned K+ channel from squid (sqKv1A). " Biochemistry. 2001 May 22; 40 (20) : 5942-53.
  Pubmed PMID: 11352729.
• Jerng HH, Shahidullah M, Covarrubias M. " Inactivation gating of Kv4 potassium channels: molecular interactions involving the inner vestibule of the pore. " J. Gen. Physiol.. 1999 May ; 113 (5) : 641-60.
  Pubmed PMID: 10228180.
• Jerng HH, Covarrubias M. " K+ channel inactivation mediated by the concerted action of the cytoplasmic N- and C-terminal domains. " Biophys. J.. 1997 Jan ; 72 (1) : 163-74.
  Pubmed PMID: 8994601.
• Henry H jerng, Jay M Patel, Tamor A Khan, Benjamin R Arenkiel, Paul J Pfaffinger. " Light-regulated voltage-gated potassium channels for acute interrogation of channel function in neurons and behavior " PLoS One. 2021 Mar 23;
  Pubmed PMID: 33755670.
• Strayer DS, Jerng HH, O'Connor K. " Sequence and analysis of a portion of the genomes of Shope fibroma virus and malignant rabbit fibroma virus that is important for viral replication in lymphocytes. " Virology. 1991 Dec ; 185 (2) : 585-95.
  Pubmed PMID: 1660196.
• Strayer DS, Jerng HH. " Sequence and analysis of the BamHI D" fragment of Shope fibroma virus: comparison with similar regions of related poxviruses." " Virus Res.. 1992 Sep 1; 25 (41276) : 117-32.
  Pubmed PMID: 1329373.
• Strayer DS, Yang S, Jerng HH. " Surfactant protein A-binding proteins. Characterization and structures. " J. Biol. Chem.. 1993 Sep 5; 268 (25) : 18679-84.
  Pubmed PMID: 8360162.

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Memberships

Biophysical Society

Society for Neuroscience