Dr. Lim, Carmay
Emeritus Research Fellow
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Specialty:
- Computational Biophysics
- Computational Chemistry
- Bioinformatics
Education and Positions:
1984, Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1979, B.S. in Chemistry, Royal Holloway College, London University
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Factors Governing the Na(+) vs K(+) Selectivity in Sodium Ion Channels
Dr. Lim, Carmay
J Am Chem Soc., Jan 28, 2010Monovalent Na(+) and K(+) ion channels, specialized pore-forming proteins that play crucial biological roles such as controlling cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle contraction, are characterized by a remarkable metal selectivity, conducting the native cation while rejecting its monovalent contender and other ions present in the cellular/extracellular milieu.