[HTML][HTML] Characterizing fenestration size in sodium channel subtypes and their accessibility to inhibitors

E Tao, B Corry - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
… Voltage-gated sodium channels are integral membrane proteins that initiate and propagate
the electrical action potential in excitable cells, by selectively allowing influx of sodium ions

Molecular properties of voltage-sensitive sodium channels

WA Catterall - New Insights into Cell and Membrane Transport …, 1986 - Springer
… many of the reconstituted sodium channels contribute to our ion-flux measurements. First, the
… of vesicles whose internal volume is accessible to veratridine-activated sodium channels. If …

[HTML][HTML] Congruent pattern of accessibility identifies minimal pore gate in a non-symmetric voltage-gated sodium channel

K Oelstrom, B Chanda - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
… , which regulates the passage of not only MTSET but also sodium ions through the channel
… act as surrogates for sodium ions. MTSET is much larger than these four ions, so it certainly …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular basis of charge movement in voltage-gated sodium channels

N Yang, AL George, R Horn - Neuron, 1996 - cell.com
… a sodium channel S4 segment was examined by cysteine scanning mutagenesis and testing
accessibility … way that many ion channels achieve highly selective and rapid ion permeation …

Replacing “Alkyl” with “Aryl” for inducing accessible channels to closed pores as plateau‐dominated sodiumion battery anode

W Shao, Q Cao, S Liu, T Zhang, Z Song, C Song… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
sodium storage is further proved. As a consequence, constructing hard carbons with abundant
closed pores as well as accessible channels is necessary for high performance anodes. …

The crystal structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel

J Payandeh, T Scheuer, N Zheng, WA Catterall - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
… of voltage-dependent gating, ion selectivity and drug block in Na V and Ca V channels. …
–function studies of Na V channels: a large external vestibule accessible to hydrophilic reagents; …

Simulating the ion permeation and ion selection for a eukaryotic voltage-gated sodium channel NaVPaS

J Zhang, W Mao, Y Ren, RN Sun, N Yan, H Gong - Protein & cell, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… As a control, we simulated the Na + permeation in a prokaryotic Na V channel, Na V Rh,
and produced the ion density map following the same protocol. Notably, Na V Rh presents a …

Molecular dynamics of ion transport through the open conformation of a bacterial voltage-gated sodium channel

MB Ulmschneider, C Bagnéris… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
… the conductance process in sodium channels. These studies simulate sodium channel
conductance based on an experimentally determined structure of a sodium channel pore that has …

Structure and function of voltage‐gated sodium channels at atomic resolution

WA Catterall - Experimental physiology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… Structural fluctuations of these ionic clusters result in many accessible ion-binding modes
and foster a highly degenerate, liquid-like energy landscape that promotes Na + diffusion. By …

Epithelial sodium channel/degenerin family of ion channels: a variety of functions for a shared structure

S Kellenberger, L Schild - Physiological reviews, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
… epithelial sodium channel (ENaC)/degenerin (DEG) gene family encodes sodium channels
… in snails is a ligand-gated channel activated by neuropeptides, and theDrosophila subfamily …