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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)

N               C

The structure of the KcsA K+ channel

Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate

Contents

KcsA: A K+ channel

Channel Structure

Selecvitity Filter/s

Channel Function

Gating Mechanism

Ongoing Research

References

[1]

Chemistry of ion coordination and hydration revealed by a K+ channel-Fab complex at 2.0 A resolution.Zhou, Y., Morais-Cabral, J.H., Kaufman, A., MacKinnon, R. Journal: (2001) Nature 414: 43-48 PubMed: 11689936 View PubMed Abstract at NCBI DOI: 10.1038/35102009

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