Candidate Amino Acids Involved in H+ Gating of Acid-sensing Ion Channel 1a
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Candidate amino acids involved in H+ gating of acid-sensing ion channel 1a.
Acid-sensing ion channels are ligand-gated cation channels, gated by extracellular H(+). H(+) is the simplest ligand possible, and whereas for larger ligands that gate ion channels complex binding sites in the three-dimensional structure of the proteins have to be assumed, H(+) could in principle gate a channel by titration of a single amino acid. Experimental evidence suggests a more complex s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706811200