The role of the periplasmic loop residue glutamine 65 for MscL mechanosensitivity

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 403-412

  Tsai, I Jung ^a,b   Liu, Zhen Wei ^a,c   Rayment, John ^a,b   Norman, Christel ^a   McKinley, Allan ^b   Martinac, Boris ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron paramagnetic resonance; Lysophosphatidylcholine; Mechanosensitive channel; Osmoregulation; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; LIPOSOME; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE MUTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; SPIN LABELING;

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ION CHANNELS; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIPLASM; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPIN LABELS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 22844452065     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-005-0476-x     Document Type: Article

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