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SUBMITTER: Gadsby DC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3293407 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gadsby David C DC Bezanilla Francisco F Rakowski Robert F RF De Weer Paul P Holmgren Miguel M
Nature communications 20120214
Na(+)/K(+) pumps move net charge through the cell membrane by mediating unequal exchange of intracellular Na(+) and extracellular K(+). Most charge moves during transitions that release Na(+) to the cell exterior. When pumps are constrained to bind and release only Na(+), a membrane voltage-step redistributes pumps among conformations with zero, one, two or three bound Na(+), thereby transiently generating current. By applying rapid voltage steps to squid giant axons, we previously identified th ...[more]