On the conformation of the COOH-terminal domain of the large mechanosensitive channel MscL

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-244

  Anishkin, Andriy ^a   Gendel, Vyacheslav ^a   Sharifi, Neda A ^a   Chiang, Chien Sung ^a   Shirinian, Lena ^a   Guy, H Robert ^b   Sukharev, Sergei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helix; Channel gating; Coiled coil; Disulfide trapping; MD simulation

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; PH; POTASSIUM CURRENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTEINE; CYTOPLASM; DITHIOTHREITOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REDUCING AGENTS;

EID: 0037334905     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.20028768     Document Type: Article

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