Non-equilibrium dynamics contribute to ion selectivity in the KcsA channel

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ngo, Van ^a   Stefanovski, Darko ^b,c   Haas, Stephan ^a   Farley, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KCSA CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; ION SELECTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ION CHANNEL GATING; IONS; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 84898407344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086079     Document Type: Article

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