Structure of a KirBac potassium channel with an open bundle crossing indicates a mechanism of channel gating

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Bavro, Vassiliy N ^a,c   De Zorzi, Rita ^b   Schmidt, Matthias R ^a,b   Muniz, João R C ^b   Zubcevic, Lejla ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a,b   Vénien Bryan, Catherine ^a,b,d   Tucker, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84856691589     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2208     Document Type: Article

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