A research team led by Professor Koji Eto revealed that disruptions of the KCNN4 potassium channel impair mitochondrial ...

Synthetic channel with a strong preference for potassium ions offers rapid transport through artificial membrane. by Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore ...

Lithium, which is essential for batteries and clean energy technologies, is often found in low concentrations alongside high levels of sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium ions.

Our cells need potassium ions, for example to transmit nerve impulses or to control the heart rate. This is why virtually every human cell -- or to be more precise, the membrane of a cell -- is ...

Ion selectivity is an important property of cell membrane ion channels. For example, potassium ion channels are more permeable to potassium ions than to sodium ions. The mechanism underlying the ...

Biological potassium ion channels allow selective permeation of larger K+ (ionic radius of 1.3 Å) over smaller Na+ (1.0 Å) with selectivity ratio over 1,000-fold. For decades, scientists have ...

Since the cell membrane is impenetrable for potassium ions, it has to be translocated through specific membrane transport proteins. On the one hand, potassium channels enable the rapid, but ...

They let potassium ions pass through cell membranes and are involved in many body functions, such as hormone secretion and cardiac activity control.

"The membranes of the cardiac cells have lots of different ion channels and transporters which permit charged particles like sodium, potassium and chloride to cross the membrane in a controlled ...

We know that cells need ions like sodium and potassium to function—that’s why you need to drink not just water, but electrolytes when you run a marathon. Cells use these ions for many functions, like ...