BK channels: Multiple sensors, one activation gate

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Huanghe ^a   Zhang, Guohui ^b   Cui, Jianmin ^b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric gating; BK channels; Calcium binding proteins; Ion channel gating; Ion permeation; Magnesium binding; Modular organization; Voltage sensor domain

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM ION; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROTON;

ALLOSTERISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOSOLIC TAIL DOMAIN; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; ION TRANSPORT; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 84926433065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00029     Document Type: Review

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