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. 2012 Aug 8;103(3):434–443. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.06.023

Table 1.

Ion localization in the cytoplasmic domain: ∼1 M KCl simulations

Kir1.1/ROMK
Kir2.1/IRK
Kir2.1/IRK (1U4F)
K+ Cl K+ Cl K+ Cl
Central pore (R < 15 Å, −9 Å < Z < 15 Å) 9.6 ± 1.4 1.6 ± 0.2 7.7 ± 2.1 0.9 ± 0.3 4.8 0.0
PIP2 binding region (5 Å < R < 30 Å, 15 Å < Z < 30 Å) 11.1 ± 0.4 30.4 ± 1.0 11.7 ± 0.0 27.3 ± 0.7 17.7 18.6
Constriction region (R < 15 Å, 15 Å < Z < 25 Å) 1.7 ± 0.2 1.3 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.2 0.5 1.2
Cytoplasmic entrance (R < 20 Å, −30 Å < Z < −10Å) 11.4 ± 1.7 8.7 ± 1.1 23.3 ± 0.9 7.7 ± 0.5 21.2 7.0
Bulk (R < 40 Å, 35 Å < Z < 40 Å) 15.8 ± 0.3 16.1 ± 0.2 13.6 ± 1.7 13.8 ± 1.9 16.6 16.8

All numbers are represented as averages ± SD, calculated over three independent runs, except the numbers for the 1U4F simulation, which was calculated from a single run.