Mechanism of potassium-channel selectivity revealed by Na+ and Li + binding sites within the KcsA pore

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1317-1324

  Thompson, Ameer N ^a   Kim, Ilsoo ^b   Panosian, Timothy D ^c   Iverson, Tina M ^c   Allen, Toby W ^b   Nimigean, Crina M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION PERMEABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 71449094441     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1703     Document Type: Article

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