Pivotal role of the glycine-rich TM3 helix in gating the MscS mechanosensitive channel

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-119

  Edwards, Michelle D ^a   Li, Yuezhou ^b   Kim, Sanguk ^c   Miller, Samantha ^a   Bartlett, Wendy ^a   Black, Susan ^a   Dennison, Sally ^a   Iscla, Irene ^b   Blount, Paul ^b   Bowie, James U ^c   Booth, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MSCS PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALANINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCINE; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 20144372892     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb895     Document Type: Article

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