Re-Introduction of Transmembrane Serine Residues Reduce the Minimum Pore Diameter of Channelrhodopsin-2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Richards, Ryan ^a   Dempski, Robert E ^a  

^a Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALKALI METAL; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PORE DIAMETER; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEMBRANES; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84869784276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050018     Document Type: Article

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