R1 in the Shaker S4 occupies the gating charge transfer center in the resting state.

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During voltage-dependent activation in Shaker channels, four arginine residues in the S4 segment (R1-R4) cross the transmembrane electric field. It has been proposed that R1-R4 movement is facilitated by a "gating charge transfer center" comprising a phenylalanine (F290) in S2 plus two acidic residues, one each in S2 and S3. According to this proposal, R1 occupies the charge transfer center in the resting state,...

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