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Cysteine mutagenesis reveals transmembrane residues associated with charge translocation in prestin.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Jan 2010
McGuire Ryan M, Liu Haiying, Pereira Fred A, Raphael Robert M
Abstract excerpt
The solute carrier transmembrane protein prestin (SLC26A5) drives an active electromechanical transduction process in cochlear outer hair cells that increases hearing sensitivity and frequency discrimination in mammals. A large intramembraneous charge movement, the nonlinear capacitance (NLC), is the electrical signature of prestin function. The transmembrane domain (TMD) helices and residues involved in the...
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