Artificial modulation of the gating behavior of a K+ channel in a KvAP-DNA chimera.

We present experiments where the gating behavior of a voltage-gated ion channel is modulated by artificial ligand binding. We construct a channel-DNA chimera with the KvAP potassium channel reconstituted in an artificial membrane. The channel is functional and the single channel ion conductivity unp...

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Main Authors: Andrew Wang, Giovanni Zocchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3079724?pdf=render