Potassium Channel Blocked by Water (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

University of Chicago Medical Center

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Simulation of potassium channel. Watch water molecules fill the cavity behind the selectivity filter. The potassium channel does not recover because water molecules are initially present inside the opposite cavity.

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Jared Ostmeyer, Benoit Roux, University of Chicago

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Credit Jared Ostmeyer, Benoit Roux, University of Chicago

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