Mode shift of the voltage sensors in Shaker K+ channels is caused by energetic coupling to the pore domain
The voltage sensors of voltage-gated ion channels undergo a conformational change upon depolarization of the membrane that leads to pore opening. This conformational change can be measured as gating currents and is thought to be transferred to the pore domain via an annealing of the covalent link be...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082931/ |