Mechanical properties of lipid bilayers and regulation of mechanosensitive function: From biological to biomimetic channels

Channels

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Balleza, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic mismatch; Lipid interdigitation; Membrane tension; MscL and mscs channels; Peptide tilting; Peptidic pores; Periplasmic loop; Phospholipid membranes; Pore forming peptides; Snorkeling effect; Transmembrane helices

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; AZOLECTIN; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MELITTIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MSCL PROTEIN, E COLI; MSCS PROTEIN, E COLI; PEPTIDE;

BIOMIMETICS; CELL VIABILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY COST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MECHANOSENSITIVE FUNCTION; LIPID METABOLISM; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING;

EID: 84865305388     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/chan.21085     Document Type: Review

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