PH-dependent channel gating in connexin26 hemichannels involves conformational changes in N-terminus

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1148-1157

  Wang, Xia ^a   Xu, Xue ^a   Ma, Ming ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Wang, Yonghua ^a   Yang, Ling ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Channel gating; Connexin26; Molecular dynamic simulation; pH

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; CONNEXIN 26;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; ION PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHLORIDES; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84862820333     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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