Ion Channel
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An Ion Channel is a Membrane Protein that allow ions to pass through the channel pore.
- See: Channelomics, Calcium Channel, Resting Membrane Potential, Action Potential, Gating (Electrophysiology), Ion, Cell Membrane, Secretion, Epithelial Cell, Cell (Biology), Scitable.
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2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ion_channel Retrieved:2022-9-27.
- Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore. Their functions include establishing a resting membrane potential, shaping action potentials and other electrical signals by gating the flow of ions across the cell membrane, controlling the flow of ions across secretory and epithelial cells, and regulating cell volume. Ion channels are present in the membranes of all cells. Ion channels are one of the two classes of ionophoric proteins, the other being ion transporters.[1]
The study of ion channels often involves biophysics, electrophysiology, and pharmacology, while using techniques including voltage clamp, patch clamp, immunohistochemistry, X-ray crystallography, fluoroscopy, and RT-PCR. Their classification as molecules is referred to as channelomics.
- Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore. Their functions include establishing a resting membrane potential, shaping action potentials and other electrical signals by gating the flow of ions across the cell membrane, controlling the flow of ions across secretory and epithelial cells, and regulating cell volume. Ion channels are present in the membranes of all cells. Ion channels are one of the two classes of ionophoric proteins, the other being ion transporters.[1]
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