Flipping the K⁺ switch: First potassium-gated ion channel discovered in animal

Flipping the K⁺ switch: First potassium-gated ion channel discovered in animal

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya City University, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science in Japan have identified the first animal ion channel molecules that open and close in response to extracellular potassium ions (K⁺). The paper is published in the journal Nature Communications.