A cation-π interaction between extracellular TEA and an aromatic residue in potassium channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 649-657

  Ahern, Christopher A ^a   Eastwood, Amy L ^b   Lester, Henry A ^c   Dougherty, Dennis A ^b   Horn, Richard ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology HHMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CATION CHANNEL; CYCLOHEXANE; ION CHANNEL; PHENYLALANINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TYROSINE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; FLUORINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHENYLALANINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751517446     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609654     Document Type: Article

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