Structural basis for gating the high-conductance Ca2+ -activated K+ channel

Nature

Volumn 541, Issue 7635, 2017, Pages 52-57

  Hite, Richard K ^a   Tao, Xiao ^a   MacKinnon, Roderick ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL SLO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; SENSOR; SLUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSOR; VOLTAGE SENSOR; ANIMAL; APLYSIA; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECTS; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EDETIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 85016153996     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature20775     Document Type: Article

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