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Molecular determinants of Ca2+ selectivity and ion permeation in L-type Ca2+ channels.
Nature - 11 Nov 1993
Yang J, Ellinor P T, Sather W A, Zhang J F, Tsien R W
Abstract excerpt
Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels link changes in membrane potential to the delivery of Ca2+, a key second messenger for many cellular responses. Ca2+ channels show selectivity for Ca2+ over more plentiful ions such as Na+ or K+ by virtue of their high-affinity binding of Ca2+ within the pore. It has been suggested that this binding involves four conserved glutamate residues in equivalent positions in the putative...
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