Localization of the K+ lock-in and the Ba2+ binding sites in a voltage-gated calcium-modulated channel: Implications for survival of K+ permeability

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-376

  Vergara, Cecilia ^a,b   Alvarez, Osvaldo ^a,b   Latorre, Ramon ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium block; K(Ca) channel; Lipid bilayer; Multiple occupancy; Tetraethylammonium

Indexed keywords

18 CROWN 6 TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID; BARIUM; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BARIUM; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 0032886766     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.114.3.365     Document Type: Article

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