Voltage-dependent gating in a "voltage sensor-less" ion channel.

The voltage sensitivity of voltage-gated cation channels is primarily attributed to conformational changes of a four transmembrane segment voltage-sensing domain, conserved across many levels of biological complexity. We have identified a remarkable point mutation that confers significant voltage de...

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Main Authors: Harley T Kurata, Markus Rapedius, Marc J Kleinman, Thomas Baukrowitz, Colin G Nichols
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2826373?pdf=render