Glutamate residue 90 in the predicted transmembrane domain 2 is crucial for cation flux through channelrhodopsin 2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 410, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-743

  Ruffert, Karelia ^a   Himmel, Bettina ^a,b   Lall, Deepti ^a   Bamann, Christian ^b   Bamberg, Ernst ^b   Betz, Heinrich ^a   Eulenburg, Volker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helix; Cation channel; Channelrhodopsin 2; Ion selectivity; Photocurrent; Voltage clamp recording

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 1; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID E101; GLUTAMIC ACID E90; GLUTAMIC ACID E97; LYSINE; PROTON; RHODOPSIN; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATIONS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOPSIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79960338849     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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