Deletion of the S3-S4 linker in the Shaker potassium channel reveals two quenching groups near the outside of S4

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-221

  Soorensen J B ^a,c   Cha, A ^a   Latorre, R ^a,b   Rosenman, E ^b   Bezanilla, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluorescence quenching; Gating currents; S3 S4 linker; S4 displacement; Shaker K+ channel

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODAMINES; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033818708     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.115.2.209     Document Type: Article

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