Gain of function mutations in membrane region M2C2 of KtrB open a gate controlling K+ transport by the KtrAB system from Vibrio alginolyticus.

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KtrB, the K(+)-translocating subunit of the Na(+)-dependent bacterial K(+) uptake system KtrAB, consists of four M(1)PM(2) domains, in which M(1) and M(2) are transmembrane helices and P indicates a p-loop that folds back from the external medium into the cell membrane. The transmembrane stretch M(2C) is, with its 40 residues, unusually long. It consists of three parts, the hydrophobic helices M(2C1) and M(2C3),...

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