title: [Molecular mechanisms underlying gating activity of voltage dependent ion channels].
abstract: A model of two-channel and its activation and inactivation proposed by Hodgkin and Huxley in 1950s have been continuously confirmed by molecular biological and electrophysiological studies since 1980s. The activation of Na+ and K+ channels seems to be dependent on screw-like rotation outward of S4 segment which is highly conservative and very rich in positively charged amino acid residues. The inactivation of Na+ channels appears to be related to "hinged lids" like movement of intracellular linker between domain III and IV; type N-, C-, and P- of inactivation can be divided in K+ channels, which seems to occur mainly in terminal N-, C- and region P, respectively and the N-type inactivation seems to be related to "ball and chain" like movement of terminal N.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D015222:Sodium Channels