BK Channel Building Block (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

BK Channel Building Block

Caption

BK channels are composed of four identical proteins, each of which consists of tight helical coils of protein connected by straight "linkers," so that the unfolded protein looks like a string of beads.

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Jianmin Cui

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