Re: CCL:K+ channel



Dear Daniele Spera,
 >is anyone aware of existing PDB (or other format) file about the =
 >morphological structure of membrane-cell calcium-controlled potassium =
 >channel with low conductance? Can anyone point me to some references?
 At the moment I know only about a single structure of a
 potassium channel. However, it is only a part of the channel.
 The part responsible for gating is missing:
 HEADER    POTASSIUM CHANNEL                       23-JUL-98   1BL8
 TITLE     POTASSIUM CHANNEL (KCSA) FROM STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS
 COMPND    MOL_ID: 1;
 COMPND   2 MOLECULE: POTASSIUM CHANNEL PROTEIN;
 COMPND   3 CHAIN: A, B, C, D;
 COMPND   4 FRAGMENT: RESIDUES 1 - 125;
 COMPND   5 ENGINEERED: YES;
 COMPND   6 MUTATION: L90C;
 COMPND   7 BIOLOGICAL_UNIT: HOMOTETRAMER
 SOURCE    MOL_ID: 1;
 SOURCE   2 ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC: STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;
 SOURCE   3 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM: ESCHERICHIA COLI;
 SOURCE   4 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN: XL-1 BLUE;
 SOURCE   5 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID: PQE60;
 SOURCE   6 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_GENE: KCSA
 KEYWDS    POTASSIUM CHANNEL, INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN
 EXPDTA    X-RAY DIFFRACTION
 AUTHOR    D.A.DOYLE,J.M.CABRAL,R.A.PFUETZNER,A.KUO,J.M.GULBIS,
 AUTHOR   2 S.L.COHEN,B.T.CHAIT,R.MACKINNON
 REVDAT   1   29-JUL-98  1BL8   0
 JRNL        AUTH   D.A.DOYLE,J.M.CABRAL,R.A.PFUETZNER,A.KUO,
 JRNL        AUTH 2 J.M.GULBIS,S.L.COHEN,B.T.CHAIT,R.MACKINNON
 JRNL        TITL   THE STRUCTURE OF THE POTASSIUM CHANNEL: MOLECULAR
 JRNL        TITL 2 BASIS OF K+ CONDUCTION AND SELECTIVITY
 JRNL        REF    SCIENCE                       V. 280    69 1998
 JRNL        REFN   ASTM SCIEAS  US ISSN 0036-8075
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