PHYSMonday, August 20, 2007

8:20 AM-11:55 AM BCEC -- 157B, Oral
Biological Ion Channels: From Molecular Structure to Cellular Function
Understanding Potassium Channels
Organizers:Rob D. Coalson
Maria Kurnikova
Presiding:Michael Cascio
8:20 AMComputational studies of the K+ channel
Benoît Roux, Vishwanath Jogini
9:00 AMRevealing structural aspects of the voltage sensor with yeast and computers
Michael Grabe
9:40 AMQuantum-chemical investigations of ion selectivity mechanisms by K-channels and Valinomycin
Sameer Varma, Susan B. Rempe
10:00 AMIntermission
10:15 AMRole of fluctuations in a snug-fit mechanism of KcsA channel selectivity
Dilip Asthagiri, Lawrence R. Pratt, Michael Paulaitis
10:55 AMMolecular dynamics simulation studies of voltage sensor domains
Douglas J. Tobias
11:35 AMDetermination of ion selectivity from the coordination properties of ions
Humberto Saint-Martin, Ivan Ortega-Blake, Jorge Hernandez-Cobos, M. Luisa SanRomán, M. Cristina Vargas

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The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007