Binding of the general anesthetic sevoflurane to ion channels.

The direct-site hypothesis assumes general anesthetics bind ion channels to impact protein equilibrium and function, inducing anesthesia. Despite advancements in the field, a first principle all-atom demonstration of this structure-function premise is still missing. We focus on the clinically used s...

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Main Authors: Letícia Stock, Juliana Hosoume, Leonardo Cirqueira, Werner Treptow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006605