Ion channel auxiliary subunit: does one size fit all?

Karbat, Izhar; Reuveny, Eitan · Cell · 2021

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Abstract

Ion channels can tailor their activity to the particular cellular context by incorporating auxiliary subunits that are channel-type specific. In this issue of Cell, Ávalos Prado et al. now find that a well-characterized voltage-gated K<sup>+</sup> channel auxiliary subunit can also modulate the gating of Ca<sup>2+</sup>-activated Cl<sup>-</sup> channels.

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