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Cooperativity in twin gatings

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Patch-clamp fluorometry measurements of cAMP binding and channel opening combined with global kinetic fitting revealed that ligand binding to the tetrameric hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide–gated channel is favored at the second and fourth binding events.

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Figure 1: Molecular architectures supporting voltage-dependent and ligand-dependent gatings in Kv and HCN channels.

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Zhou, L. Cooperativity in twin gatings. Nat Chem Biol 8, 136–137 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.776

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