The occupancy of ions in the K+ selectivity filter: Charge balance and coupling of ion binding to a protein conformational change underlie high conduction rates

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 965-975

  Zhou, Yufeng ^a   MacKinnon, Roderick ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion occupancy; KcsA; Permeation; Potassium channel; Selectivity filter

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; RUBIDIUM ION; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY GRADIENT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE FILTER; OPTICAL DENSITY; POTASSIUM BALANCE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0142185496     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.022     Document Type: Article

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