Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "biochemical adaptations"
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Ionic selectivity and thermal adaptations within the voltage-gated sodium channel family of alkaliphilic Bacillus
(eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2014)Entry and extrusion of cations are essential processes in living cells. In alkaliphilic prokaryotes, high external pH activates voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), which allows Na+ to enter and be used as substrate for ...