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M T Pérez-García1, N Chiamvimonvat, E Marban, G F Tomaselli.
Abstract
The pores of voltage-gated cation channels are formed by four intramembrane segments that impart selectivity and conductance. Remarkably little is known about the higher order structure of these critical pore-lining or P segments. Serial cysteine mutagenesis reveals a pattern of side-chain accessibility that contradicts currently favored structural models based on alpha-helices or beta-strands. Like the active sites of many enzymes of known structure, the sodium channel pore consists of irregular loop regions.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8552626 PMCID: PMC40226 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.1.300
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205