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A voltage-gated proton-selective channel lacking the pore domain.
Nature - 27 Apr 2006
Ramsey I Scott, Moran Magdalene M, Chong Jayhong A, Clapham David E
Abstract excerpt
Voltage changes across the cell membrane control the gating of many cation-selective ion channels. Conserved from bacteria to humans, the voltage-gated-ligand superfamily of ion channels are encoded as polypeptide chains of six transmembrane-spanning segments (S1-S6). S1-S4 functions as a self-contained voltage-sensing domain (VSD), in essence a positively charged lever that moves in response to voltage changes....
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