Hydrophobic interaction between contiguous residues in the S6 transmembrane segment acts as a stimuli integration node in the BK channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-74

  Carrasquel Ursulaez, Willy ^a   Contreras, Gustavo F ^a   Sepúlveda, Romina V ^b   Aguayo, Daniel ^b   González Nilo, Fernando ^a,b   González, Carlos ^a   Latorre, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; XENOPUS;

EID: 84920377299     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411194     Document Type: Article

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