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Kv7.1 ion channels require a lipid to couple voltage sensing to pore opening.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Aug 2013
Zaydman Mark A, Silva Jonathan R, Delaloye Kelli, Li Yang, Liang Hongwu, Larsson H Peter, Shi Jingyi, Cui Jianmin
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Voltage-gated ion channels generate dynamic ionic currents that are vital to the physiological functions of many tissues. These proteins contain separate voltage-sensing domains, which detect changes in transmembrane voltage, and pore domains, which conduct ions. Coupling of voltage sensing and pore opening is critical to the channel function and has been modeled as a protein-protein interaction between the two...
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