Conformational Changes in Lipid Reconstituted Potassium Channel Voltage-Sensing Domains
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Coupling between the voltage-sensing and pore domains in a voltage-gated potassium channel.
Voltage-dependent potassium (Kv), sodium (Nav), and calcium channels open and close in response to changes in transmembrane (TM) potential, thus regulating cell excitability by controlling ion flow across the membrane. An outstanding question concerning voltage gating is how voltage-induced conformational changes of the channel voltage-sensing domains (VSDs) are coupled through the S4-S5 interf...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.1748