Lipid-mediated hydrophobic gating in the BK potassium channel

Abstract Structures of the large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium (BK) channel in the Ca2+ −bound and Ca2+ −free states have suggested that K+ conduction is not gated via a steric closure of the pore-lining helices of the channel, in contrast to the gating mechanism of other 6TM channels. Th...

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Main Authors: Lucia Coronel, Giovanni Di Muccio, Brad S. Rothberg, Alberto Giacomello, Vincenzo Carnevale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61638-9
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