Sandbox7: Difference between revisions
From Proteopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
The potassium channel is an integral membrane protein consisting of four identical subunits. Because it is located in the membrane, its hydrophobic groups are located on the outside of the structure, where they interact with the lipids inside the membrane. The interior of the channel, meanwhile, is hydrophobic with polar groups to interact with potassium cations. <scene name='Sandbox7/Hydrophobic_alpha-helices/1'>Hydrophobic residues</scene> are located on the outside of the alpha helices. | The potassium channel is an integral membrane protein consisting of four identical subunits. Because it is located in the membrane, its hydrophobic groups are located on the outside of the structure, where they interact with the lipids inside the membrane. The interior of the channel, meanwhile, is hydrophobic with polar groups to interact with potassium cations. <scene name='Sandbox7/Hydrophobic_alpha-helices/1'>Hydrophobic residues</scene> are located on the outside of the alpha helices. | ||
{{STRUCTURE_1bl8 | PDB=1bl8 | SCENE= }} | {{STRUCTURE_1bl8 | PDB=1bl8 | SCENE= }} | ||
