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Sodium Ions Do Not Stabilize the Selectivity Filter of a Potassium Channel.
Journal of molecular biology - 23 Jul 2021
Hendriks Kitty, Öster Carl, Shi Chaowei, Sun Han, Lange Adam
Abstract excerpt
Ion conduction is an essential function for electrical activity in all organisms. The non-selective ion channel NaK was previously shown to adopt two stable conformations of the selectivity filter. Here, we present solid-state NMR measurements of NaK demonstrating a population shift between these conformations induced by changing the ions in the sample while the overall structure of NaK is not affected. We show...
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