Ribbon Diagram (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Ribbon Diagram

Caption

A ribbon diagram of a conducting Kir pore (green cartoon) derived from simulations, with a transparent surface over the pore. Bound lipids are depicted by yellow spheres, with oxygen coloured red and phosphate violet. The lipid tails enter fenestrations to engage the side chains of four Leu124 residues in the conduction pathway, depicted using dark teal spheres. Potassium ions in the selectivity filter and passing the leucine collar are depicted (magenta spheres).

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WEHI

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