Structure of a pore-blocking toxin in complex with a eukaryotic voltage-dependent K(+) channel.
Banerjee, A., Lee, A., Campbell, E., Mackinnon, R.(2013) Elife 2: e00594-e00594
- PubMed: 23705070 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00594
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4JTA, 4JTC, 4JTD - PubMed Abstract: 
Pore-blocking toxins inhibit voltage-dependent K(+) channels (Kv channels) by plugging the ion-conduction pathway. We have solved the crystal structure of paddle chimera, a Kv channel in complex with charybdotoxin (CTX), a pore-blocking toxin. The toxin binds to the extracellular pore entryway without producing discernable alteration of the selectivity filter structure and is oriented to project its Lys27 into the pore ...