Potassium (K+) channels are small, highly specialized conduits within every living cell that are responsible for the extremely selective and rapid transport of K+ ions across cell membranes. Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 12, 2022
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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that arises from abnormal electrical activity in the brain leading to seizures. These seizure events can have a variety of causes, including genetic variants in a family of proteins that ...
Biochemistry
Aug 18, 2022
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Intrigued by the properties of ion channel proteins commonly observed in cells, Tokyo Tech researchers have developed the first synthetic mechanosensitive potassium channel using a newly developed aromatic fluorinated amphiphilic ...
Biochemistry
Jul 15, 2022
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The research group of Lucie Delemotte, Associate Professor in computational biophysics at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, is focusing on understanding the function of ion channels in cell membranes. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 23, 2022
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Monash University researchers have developed a faster, more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions which will help design next-generation membranes for clean energy technology, conversion and storage.
Nanomaterials
Apr 08, 2022
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Scientists have found a missing 'key' that unlocks critical channels responsible for potassium ions to flow across cell membranes in a process that is essential for life. The discovery overcomes a major barrier to the development ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2022
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Ion channels in the nervous system are among the most important targets for insecticides. Understanding the structure of the channels is key for the identification of novel species-specific binding sites of agrochemicals. ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2021
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For 30 years, mysterious clusters of proteins found on the cell body of neurons in the hippocampus, a part of the brain, both intrigued and baffled James Trimmer.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 10, 2021
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The cell membranes of all organisms contain ion channels that permit ions to pass into or out of the cell, and these channels play extremely important roles in fundamental physiological processes such as heartbeats and the ...
Biotechnology
Mar 01, 2021
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A layered material developed by KAUST researchers can act as a precise temperature sensor by exploiting the same principle used in biological ion channels.
Nanomaterials
Oct 12, 2020
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