Ion channels: open at last.
Previous X-ray studies of have focused on the closed state of the potassium channel. Now the structure of a calcium-activated bacterial potassium channel has revealed the nature of the channel's open state. This provides a first view at high resolution of ion channel gating.
Sansom
Mark S P
MS
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Oxford, The Rex Richards Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, UK. mark@bio.ox.ac.uk
Capener
Charlotte E
CE
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology*; D017014:Methanobacterium / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D002118:Calcium