Central Pore of a BK Channel (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Central Pore of a BK Channel

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The central pore of Big Potassium (BK) channels, shown here in yellow, become depleted of water, shown in blue, to block the passage of potassium ions, shown as pink spheres. UMass Amherst researchers have advanced understanding of how cells gate BK channels and their unusually large central pore.

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UMass Amherst/Jianhan Chen

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