Divalent cation sensitivity of BK channel activation supports the existence of three distinct binding sites

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-286

  Zeng, Xu Hui ^a   Xia, Xiao Ming ^a   Lingle, Christopher J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; BK channels; Ca2+ regulatory sites; Divalent cations; Slo

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; COBALT; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; STRONTIUM;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM CHANNEL BK TYPE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; IONS; KINETICS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MICE; MUTATION; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; XENOPUS;

EID: 15244340463     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409239     Document Type: Article

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