Probing the pore of ClC-0 by substituted cysteine accessibility method using methane thiosulfonate reagents

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-159

  Lin, Chia Wei ^a,b   Chen, Tsung Yu ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge selection; MTS modification; SCAM; State dependence

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHANETHIOSULFONATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE CHANNEL CLC 0 TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CYSTEINE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MESYLATES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THIOSULFONIC ACIDS; TORPEDO;

EID: 0042377363     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308845     Document Type: Article

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