User:Lori Wetmore/Sandbox 2

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Look for a family of channels (ion or otherwise) or transporters.

I'm going to discuss the family of potassium ion channels, and the specific channel I'll be using to illustrate will be the KcsA potassium ion channel. (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore/explore.do?structureId=1k4c)

Here are just a few of the things that I'll want to incorporate into my page at some point:

When viewed in (where the N-terminus is gradually shaded into the C-terminus according to the scale below)

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spinqualitylabelsall models The structure of the KcsA K+ channel Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image

Contents 1 KcsA: A K+ channel 2 Channel Structure 3 Selecvitity Filter/s 4 Channel Function 5 Gating Mechanism 6 Ongoing Research 7 References

KcsA: A K+ channel

Channel Structure

Selecvitity Filter/s

Channel Function

Gating Mechanism

Ongoing Research

References

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