Open AccessEffect of dielectric interface on charge aggregation in the voltage-gated K+ion channel
Author(s) -
Lipika Adhya,
Tarunendu Mapder,
Samit Adhya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.149120
Subject(s) - dielectric , chemical physics , ion , electrostatics , chemistry , helix (gastropod) , ion channel , side chain , charge (physics) , crystallography , materials science , optoelectronics , physics , organic chemistry , receptor , quantum mechanics , snail , biology , polymer , ecology , biochemistry
There is experimental evidence of many cases of stable macromolecular conformations with charged amino-acids facing lipid, an arrangement thought to be energetically unfavourable.