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Back Cover: Early Formation of the Ion‐Conducting Pore in Channelrhodopsin‐2 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 16/2015)
Author(s) -
Kuhne Jens,
Eisenhauer Kirstin,
Ritter Eglof,
Hegemann Peter,
Gerwert Klaus,
Bartl Franz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201502275
Subject(s) - channelrhodopsin , optogenetics , ion channel , cover (algebra) , chemistry , ion , neuroscience , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , mechanical engineering , receptor , engineering
The light‐gated ion channel channelrhodopsin‐2 (ChR 2 ) is the key protein in optogenetics. In their Communication on page 4953 ff., K. Gerwert et al. elucidate channel opening at a molecular level by a combination of time‐resolved FTIR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations.

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