Probing the Transition State of the Allosteric Pathway of the Shaker Kv Channel Pore by Linear Free-Energy Relations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 403, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-173

  Azaria, Reshef ^a   Irit, Orr ^a   Ben Abu, Yuval ^a   Yifrach, Ofer ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allosteric communication; Br nsted plot; Conformational changes; Cooperativity

Indexed keywords

SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957245574     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.041     Document Type: Article

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