Email

paulp@bcm.edu

Positions

Wilhelmina Robertson Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience

Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Professor and Chair

Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Lab)

Room: BCMS-S630A
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Office)

Room: BCMS-S630A
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

B.S. from Loyola Marymount University

01/1981 - Los Angeles, CA, United States

Ph.D. from University Of Washington

01/1987 - Seattle, WA, United States

Advanced Training from Columbia University

01/1990 - New York, NY, United States

Websites

Selected Publications

• Nadin BM, Pfaffinger PJ. " A New TASK for Dipeptidyl Peptidase-like Protein 6. " PLoS ONE. 2013 ; 8 (4) : e60831.
  Pubmed PMID: 23593319.
• Prince A, Pfaffinger PJ. " Conserved N-Terminal Negative Charges Support Optimally Efficient N-type Inactivation of Kv1 Channels. " PLoS ONE. 2013 ; 8 (4) : e62695.
  Pubmed PMID: 23638135.
• Nadin BM, Pfaffinger PJ. " Dipeptidyl peptidase-like protein 6 is required for normal electrophysiological properties of cerebellar granule cells. " J. Neurosci.. 2010 Jun 23; 30 (25) : 8551-65.
  Pubmed PMID: 20573902.
• 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.
• 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, 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. " 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 ; 7 (6) : e38205.
  Pubmed PMID: 22675523.
• Prince-Carter A, Pfaffinger PJ. " Multiple intermediate states precede pore block during N-type inactivation of a voltage-gated potassium channel. " J. Gen. Physiol.. 2009 Jul ; 134 (1) : 15-34.
  Pubmed PMID: 19528261.

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