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    The two-pore-domain or tandem pore domain potassium channels are a family of 15 members that form what is known as leak channels which possess Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz...
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    Potassium channels are the most widely distributed type of ion channel found in virtually all organisms. They form potassium-selective pores that span...
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    common name of 'Two-pore-domain potassium channels', these channels have only one pore but two pore domains per subunit. Two-pore channels include ligand-gated...
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  • two-pore-domain potassium channels, which confusingly have only one pore and were named for the fact that each subunit has two P (pore) domains in its primary...
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  • "Functional characterisation of human TASK-3, an acid-sensitive two-pore domain potassium channel". Neuropharmacology. 40 (4): 551–9. doi:10.1016/S0028-3908(00)00189-1...
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  • Thumbnail for Potassium in biology
    Long SB (January 2012). "Crystal structure of the human two-pore domain potassium channel K2P1". Science. 335 (6067): 432–6. Bibcode:2012Sci...335....
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  • Thumbnail for Potassium channel blocker
    Potassium channel blockers are agents which interfere with conduction through potassium channels. Potassium channel blockers used in the treatment of...
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  • events organized by artist Oliver Herring Two-pore-domain potassium channel, a family of potassium ion channels Task (miniseries), a 2025 American crime...
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  • Thumbnail for KcsA potassium channel
    studied extensively in ion channel research. The pH activated protein possesses two transmembrane segments and a highly selective pore region, responsible for...
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  • Thumbnail for Voltage-gated potassium channel
    conductance pore. Based on sequence homology of the hydrophobic transmembrane cores, the alpha subunits of voltage-gated potassium channels are grouped...
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    There are commonly additional regulatory domains which serve to regulate ion conduction and channel gating. The pores may also be homotetramers or heterotetramers;...
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  • Thumbnail for BK channel
    Structurally, BK channels are homologous to voltage- and ligand-gated potassium channels, having a voltage sensor and pore as the membrane-spanning domain and a...
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  • Thumbnail for Inward-rectifier potassium channel
    distinguish it from outward potassium currents. Inward rectifiers also differ from tandem pore domain potassium channels, which are largely responsible...
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    KCNK2 (category Ion channels)
    lipid-gated ion channel belonging to the two-pore-domain background potassium channel protein family. This type of potassium channel is formed by two homodimers...
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  • K2P may refer to: Two-pore-domain potassium channel (K2P), a family of cell membrane leak channels Kimura's two parameter model (K2P model), a model of...
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  • Thumbnail for Axon hillock
    sodium channels in the membrane. The sodium influx eventually overtakes the potassium efflux (via the two-pore-domain potassium channels or leak channels, initiating...
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    transmembrane domains arranged around a central pore; these four domains are part of a single α-subunit in the case of most Na+ and Ca2+ channels, whereas...
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    and into the cytoplasm. Each channel consists of domains which span the plasma membrane, forming the K+-selective pore region through which the K+ ions...
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    oxide and cyclopropane, xenon activates the two-pore domain potassium channel TREK-1. A related channel TASK-3 also implicated in the actions of inhalation...
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  • Thumbnail for Potassium channel tetramerisation domain
    tetrameric channels. It is distantly related to the BTB/POZ domain Pfam PF00651. Potassium channels are the most diverse group of the ion channel family....
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  • Calcium-activated potassium channels are potassium channels gated by calcium, or that are structurally or phylogenetically related to calcium gated channels. They...
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  • subunits have two transmembrane spans and form the channel's pore. The SUR subunits have three additional transmembrane domains, and contain two nucleotide-binding...
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  • transmembrane helices from the 4 domains line up to form the channel proper; S5 and S6 helices are thought to line the inner pore surface, while S1–4 helices...
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  • sodium channels, the region linking domains III and IV is also important for channel function. This DIII-IV linker is responsible for wedging the pore gate...
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    sodium channels, the region linking domains III and IV is also important for channel function. This DIII-IV linker is responsible for wedging the pore gate...
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    HERG (category PAS-domain-containing proteins)
    heterologously expressed hERG potassium channel comprises four identical alpha subunits, which form the channel's pore through the plasma membrane. Each...
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  • Thumbnail for Ligand-gated ion channel
    occupied to open the ion channel. The pore is mainly formed by the half helix 2 in a way which resembles an inverted potassium channel. The...
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    family of potassium channels. KvLQT1 is made of six membrane-spanning domains S1-S6, two intracellular domains, and a pore loop. The KvLQT1 channel is made...
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    3 The structure of the pore is similar to other ion channels that contain P-loops. The P-loop enters the membrane of the pore from the extracellular side...
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  • Thumbnail for Calmodulin binding domain
    calmodulin binding domain (CaMBD) is a protein domain found in small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (SK channels). These channels are independent...
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