Channel gating pore: a new therapeutic target.

ABSTRACT: Each subunit of voltage-gated cation channels comprises a voltage-sensing domain and a pore region. In a paper recently published in Cell Research, Li et al. showed that the gating charge pathway of the voltage sensor of the KCNQ2 K+ channel can accommodate small opener molecules and offer a new target to treat hyperexcitability disorders.

SUBMITTER: Kornilov P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3760620 | biostudies-other | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other