Hydration valve controlled non-selective conduction of Na+ and K+ in the NaK channel

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1798, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1474-1479

  Shen, Rong ^a   Guo, Wanlin ^a   Zhong, Wenyu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydration valve; Ion permeation; NaK channel; Water dynamics

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; HYDRODYNAMICS; ION PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; WATER TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER;

EID: 77953695350     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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