The β subunit increases the Ca2+ sensitivity of large conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channels by retaining the gating in the bursting states

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-439

  Nimigean, Crina M ^a   Magleby, Kari L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Physiology and Biophysics R430 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory subunit; Ion channel; Kinetics; Large conductance Ca2+ activated K+ channel; Subconductance

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0032948417     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.3.425     Document Type: Article

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