Potassium Channel (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

Potassium Channel

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Location of the potassium channel KcsA in the cell membrane of bacteria. The schematic illustration on the right shows the changes in strength and direction of vibrational coupling inside the filter depending on the ion species, as found by the study.

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Copyright: David S. Goodsell & RCSB Protein Data Bank

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