Concerted action of two cation filters in the aquaporin water channel

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2188-2194

  Wu, Binghua ^a   Steinbronn, Christina ^a   Alsterfjord, Magnus ^b   Zeuthen, Thomas ^b   Beitz, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Cation; Proton; Selectivity; Water

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AQUAPORIN 1; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CATION CHANNEL; CESIUM ION; LITHIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; PROLINE; PROTON; RUBIDIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORINS; CATIONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PROTONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WATER; XENOPUS;

EID: 68249149574     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.182     Document Type: Article

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