| Literature DB >> 22153369 |
Ernesto Vargas1, Francisco Bezanilla, Benoît Roux.
Abstract
Voltage-sensing domains (VSDs) undergo conformational changes in response to the membrane potential and are the critical structural modules responsible for the activation of voltage-gated channels. Structural information about the key conformational states underlying voltage activation is currently incomplete. Through the use of experimentally determined residue-residue interactions as structural constraints, we determine and refine a model of the Kv channel VSD in the resting conformation. The resulting structural model is in broad agreement with results that originate from various labs using different techniques, indicating the emergence of a consensus for the structural basis of voltage sensing.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22153369 PMCID: PMC3268064 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.09.024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuron ISSN: 0896-6273 Impact factor: 17.173