Importance of hydration and dynamics on the selectivity of the KcsA and NaK channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-143

  Noskov, Sergei Yu ^a,b   Roux, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; KCSA CHANNEL PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; ELECTRICITY; HYDRATION; ION CURRENT; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; LIGAND BINDING; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 33846625994     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609633     Document Type: Review

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