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Chemical rescue of histidine selectivity filter mutants of the M2 ion channel of influenza A virus.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Jun 2005
Venkataraman Padmavati, Lamb Robert A, Pinto Lawrence H
Abstract excerpt
The influenza virus M2 proton-selective ion channel activity facilitates virus uncoating, a process that occurs in the acidic environment of the endosome. The M2 channel causes acidification of the interior of the virus particle, which results in viral protein-protein dissociation. The M2 protein is a homotetramer that contains in its aqueous pore a histidine residue (His-37) that acts as a selectivity filter and...
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