Researchers have confirmed that mammalian BK ion channels regulate themselves using a “ball-and-chain” mechanism. A recent ...

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function ...

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A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function ...

Potassium channels are ion channels that are selective for passage of potassium ions through the pore. Potassium channels are homotetramers and are crucial for membrane hyperpolarization events ...

The findings boost the understanding of ion channel biology and could lead ... this ball-and-chain structure in a simpler potassium channel called MthK, an evolutionarily distant relative of ...

The BK ion channel pictured above forms a small pathway in the cell membrane (dark gray) that allows potassium ions (purple) to move in and out of the cell. This channel can stop the flow of ions ...