The "flipped" state in E71A-K+-channel KcsA exclusively alters the channel gating properties by tetraethylammonium and phosphatidylglycerol

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Vales, Elisabeth ^a   Raja, Mobeen ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel orientation; E71A; Electrostatic interaction; Mutation; Phosphatidylglycerol; Potassium channel KcsA; Selectivity filter; Tetraethylammonium

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE MUTATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE VESICLE; ORIENTATION; PROTEOLIPOSOME; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75949127699     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-010-9234-9     Document Type: Article

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