Cooperative transition between open and closed conformations in potassium channels.

Potassium (K+) ion channels switch between open and closed conformations. The nature of this important transition was revealed by comparing the X-ray crystal structures of the MthK channel from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, obtained in its open conformation, and the KcsA channel from Strepto...

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Main Authors: Turkan Haliloglu, Nir Ben-Tal
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/22a142d444704f59ab62a8d3f414b01b
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