New results indicate that a K+ channel switches from a closed state to an open state by widening the hydrophobic pore on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane.
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Shin, YK. K+ channel gating mechanism proposed using EPR. Nat Struct Mol Biol 5, 418–420 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0698-418
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