Action potential refractory period in ureter smooth muscle is set by Ca sparks and BK channels
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A demonstration states that a negative feedback process, which depends on Ca(super 2+) loading the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) during the action potential and on the subsequent activation of local releases of Ca(super 2+) from the SR, stimulating plasmalemmal Ca(super 2+) -sensitive K(super +) (BK) channels, determines the refractory period of the action potential. As sparks gradually reduce the Ca(super 2+) load in the SR, electrical inhibition is released, the refractory period is terminated and peristaltic contractions occur again.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Probing ion-channel pores one proton at a time
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A self consistent, residue by residue description of the microenvironment around the porelining transmembrane alpha-helices (M2) in the open channel conformtion, in terms of the excess free energy that is required to keep the engineered basic side chains protonated relative to bulk water is presented. A comparison with closed channel data propose that the rotation of M2, is frequently invoked as a hallmark of the gating mechanism of Cys-loop receptors, is minimal.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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