Though the cell membrane is a protective barrier, it also plays a role in letting some foreign material in -- via ion channels that dot the cell's surface. Now new research from the Nobel Prize ...

The Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MSL10 Potentiates Responses to Cell Swelling in Arabidopsis Seedlings. SSRN Electronic Journal , 2020; DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3570562 Cite This Page : ...

In contrast, ion channel receptors open pores in the cell membrane, causing the formation of electrical current. This receptor activation therefore causes a much faster response within the cell ...

Animal experiments also showed the ion channel influences the cargo, meaning the protein is important not just to the structure of extracellular vesicles (EVs), but also their function.

The electrical impulse that powers the workings of the brain and the heart begins with charged particles passing through cellular structures known as ion channels. Using the same technique used to ...

Courtesy of Cellectricon The beating of a heart, the ability to learn and remember, and the movement of a sperm cell's tail all have at least one thing in common: They depend on the function of ion ...

Although biophysicist Bernard Katz from University College London proposed the hypothetical idea of single ion channels in 1954, measuring currents at that resolution was not technically possible. 5 ...

Cartoon of the 3D models of the broad bean (right, pink-violet) and the thale cress (left, blue) TPC1 ion channel protein in the vacuole membrane. On the left, Calcium ions (red spheres) in the ...

Tetrameric ion channels are prone to ‘divalent cation block’, the blocking of the channel by ions like calcium (Ca 2+). Such blocking regulates the ionic current, which is involved in various ...

Mapping how proteins change shape is vital but slow. Now, a new method combines AI (AlphaFold2) with experimental data to ...

This sets up an electrochemical gradient (or “driving force”) so that when an ion channel opens, the permeable ions flow down their electrochemical gradient carrying charge across the membrane and ...