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Distinct roles of the last transmembrane domain in controlling Arabidopsis K+ channel activity.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2009
Gajdanowicz Pawel, Garcia-Mata Carlos, Gonzalez Wendy, Morales-Navarro Samuel Elías, Sharma Tripti, González-Nilo Fernando Danilo, Gutowicz Jan, Mueller-Roeber Bernd, Blatt Michael R, Dreyer Ingo
Abstract excerpt
The family of voltage-gated potassium channels in plants presumably evolved from a common ancestor and includes both inward-rectifying (K(in)) channels that allow plant cells to accumulate K(+) and outward-rectifying (K(out)) channels that mediate K(+) efflux. Despite their close structural similarities, the activity of K(in) channels is largely independent of K(+) and depends only on the transmembrane voltage,...
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