| Literature DB >> 9257681 |
N Mobashery1, C Nielsen, O S Andersen.
Abstract
In order to understand how the material properties of lipid bilayers could affect integral membrane protein function, we examined the effect of a hydrophobic mismatch on the structure and function of membrane-spanning gramicidin channels. Changes in lipid bilayer thickness affect the conformational preference of membrane-spanning gramicidin A (gA) channels (single-stranded [SS] dimers <--> double-stranded [DS] dimers) and induces an additional conductance state in the standard (SS) beta6.3-helical channel. These results provide experimental evidence for the importance of energetic coupling between the bilayer and imbedded inclusions.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9257681 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00709-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124