The RCK1 domain of the human BKCa channel transduces Ca 2+ binding into structural rearrangements

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-202

  Yusifov, Taleh ^a   Javaherian, Anoosh D ^a   Pantazis, Antonios ^a   Gandhi, Chris S ^c   Olcese, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR; KCNMA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.6;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KV1.6 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CALCIUM-SENSING;

EID: 77955017102     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910374     Document Type: Article

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