Reporting in Nature, scientists have learned more about a critical channel that sits in cell membranes, called PANX1. The channel plays a variety of important roles in biochemical pathways that ...

Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membrane surrounding cells. The precise gating of that channel is essential to its ...

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism for potassium channel inhibitor entry, which could improve the specificity of drugs targeting the channel. Upon binding to calcium ions, BK channels allow ...