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ArticleeLife2025

Mechanism of SK2 channel gating and its modulation by the bee toxin apamin and small molecules.

Samantha J Cassell, Weiyan Li, Simon Krautwald, Maryam Khoshouei, Yan Tony Lee, Joyce Hou, Wendy Guan, Stefan Peukert, Wilhelm Weihofen, Jonathan R Whicher

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Samantha J Cassell *Discovery Sciences, Novartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3533-8482
Weiyan Li *Cardiovascular and Metabolism, Novartis Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8743-4986
Simon KrautwaldGlobal Discovery Chemistry, Novartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4090-2850
Maryam KhoshoueiDiscovery Sciences, Novartis Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6039-772X
Yan Tony LeeCardiovascular and Metabolism, Novartis Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Joyce HouCardiovascular and Metabolism, Novartis Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Wendy GuanCardiovascular and Metabolism, Novartis Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Stefan PeukertGlobal Discovery Chemistry, Novartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, United States.
Wilhelm WeihofenDiscovery Sciences, Novartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7250-2398
Jonathan R WhicherDiscovery Sciences, Novartis Biomedical Research, Cambridge, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3427-2501

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel 2 (SK2) serves a variety of biological functions by coupling intracellular calcium dynamics with membrane potential. SK2 modulators are in development for the treatment of neurological and cardiovascular diseases, though the mechanisms of pharmacological modulation remain incompletely understood. We determined structures of an SK2-4 chimeric channel in Ca

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ApaminBee VenomsIon Channel GatingSmall-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium ChannelsAnimalsCalciumHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationApaminBee VenomsCalciumSmall-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channelsbiochemistrychemical biologycryo-EMdrug discoveryelectrophysiologyhumanion channelmembrane proteinmolecular biophysicsstructural biology

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PMID41342453
PMCPMC12677897

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