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Sequence determinants of a transmembrane proton channel: an inverse relationship between stability and function.
Journal of molecular biology - 18 Mar 2005
Stouffer Amanda L, Nanda Vikas, Lear James D, DeGrado William F
Abstract excerpt
The driving forces behind the folding processes of integral membrane proteins after insertion into the bilayer, is currently under debate. The M2 protein from the influenza A virus is an ideal system to study lateral association of transmembrane helices. Its proton selective channel is essential for virus functioning and a target of the drug amantadine. A 25 residue transmembrane fragment of M2, M2TM, forms a...
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