Channel gating: twist to open

P C Biggin; M S Sansom

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00195-6

Channel gating: twist to open

Curr Biol. 2001 May 1;11(9):R364-6. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00195-6.

Authors

P C Biggin¹, M S Sansom

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Oxford, The Rex Richards Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 11369249
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00195-6

Abstract

Recent studies of the bacterial mechanosensitive channel MscL have combined a number of different approaches to come up with a model for the channel gating mechanism.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Escherichia coli Proteins*
Ion Channel Gating*
Ion Channels / chemistry
Ion Channels / physiology*
Models, Molecular
Protein Conformation

Substances

Escherichia coli Proteins
Ion Channels
MscL protein, E coli