Identification of a cholesterol-binding pocket in inward rectifier K+ (Kir) channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2786-2796

  Fürst, Oliver ^a   Nichols, Colin G ^b   Lamoureux, Guillaume ^c   Davanzo, Nazzareno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

CHOLESTEROL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHO CELLS; CHOLESTEROL; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84920122731     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.10.066     Document Type: Article

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