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SUBMITTER: Michael Clark
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-11054 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Clark Michael David MD Contreras Gustavo F GF Shen Rong R Perozo Eduardo E
Nature 20200527 7814
Voltage-gated potassium (K<sub>v</sub>) channels coordinate electrical signalling and control cell volume by gating in response to membrane depolarization or hyperpolarization. However, although voltage-sensing domains transduce transmembrane electric field changes by a common mechanism involving the outward or inward translocation of gating charges<sup>1-3</sup>, the general determinants of channel gating polarity remain poorly understood<sup>4</sup>. Here we suggest a molecular mechanism for e ...[more]