From the gating charge response to pore domain movement: Initial motions of Kv1.2 dynamics under physiological voltage changes

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 397-421

  Denning, Elizabeth J ^a   Crozier, Paul S ^b   Sachs, Jonathan N ^c   Woolf, Thomas B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Double layer effect; Ionic solution; S4 domain; Voltage gating

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.2;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIMULATION;

HUMANS; KV1.2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 70350787095     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687680903278539     Document Type: Article

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