Ion-channel gating, or stochastic fluctuation between an open and a closed state, is not fully understood at the atomic level. Analysis of the bacterial channel OmpA now suggests that one mode of gating depends on the switching of a salt bridge within the pore.
Flip-flopping salt bridges gate an ion channel
Moroni Anna;
2006
Abstract
Ion-channel gating, or stochastic fluctuation between an open and a closed state, is not fully understood at the atomic level. Analysis of the bacterial channel OmpA now suggests that one mode of gating depends on the switching of a salt bridge within the pore.File in questo prodotto:
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