Trapping the Sensor
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Trapping the Sensor
Voltage-gated ion channels open in response to a change in membrane potential. The "sensor," or the channel's molecular entity responsible for the detection of voltage change, is formed by a transmembrane element, rich with basic residues, called the "voltage sensor" or the "S4 domain." The movement of the S4 drives a global conformational change leading to the opening of the permeation pathway...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neuron
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0896-6273
DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)00868-1