Goldstein's team discovered the type of ion channel known as background (or leak) potassium channels in yeast cells in 1995 and in fruit flies in 1996. Although potassium leak was first described ...

The hydrophobically gated ion channel activity of the viral E protein and viroporins were regulated by elevated luminal Ca2 + concentrations (0.1 mM to 1.0 mM), electrochemical gradients, pH, PTMs ...

Study finds a surprising new role for a major immune regulator In addition to turning on genes involved in cell defense, the STING protein also acts as an ion channel, allowing it to control a ...

Scientists have discovered a novel ion channel protein that can be controlled by light, in a species of terrestrial alga. These channels respond to the shorter indigo blue wavelength of light ...

Plants in which an ion channel of the vacuole is hyperactive are extremely stressed and grow poorly. But the broad bean is an exception, as Würzburg researchers have discovered.

More information: Chenggong Hui et al, Effective polarization in potassium channel simulations: Ion conductance, occupancy, voltage response, and selectivity, Proceedings of the National Academy ...

The ability to accurately detect heat and pain is critical to human survival, but scientists have struggled to understand on a molecular level exactly how our bodies sense these potential risks. Now, ...

According to the scientists, PIEZO2, an ion channel protein, acts as a sensor in both urothelial cells and in bladder sensory neurons.