Detection of the opening of the bundle crossing in KcsA with fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy reveals the existence of two gates for ion conduction

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-581

  Blunck, Rikard ^a   Cordero Morales, Julio F ^b   Cuello, Luis G ^b   Perozo, Eduardo ^b   Bezanilla, Francisco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KCSA; PROTEIN TM2; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE ETHYL ESTER; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION TRANSPORT; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPOSOMES; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RHODAMINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33750530193     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609638     Document Type: Article

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