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An aqueous H+ permeation pathway in the voltage-gated proton channel Hv1.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 Jul 2010
Ramsey I Scott, Mokrab Younes, Carvacho Ingrid, Sands Zara A, Sansom Mark S P, Clapham David E
Abstract excerpt
Hv1 voltage-gated proton channels mediate rapid and selective transmembrane H(+) flux and are gated by both voltage and pH gradients. Selective H(+) transfer in membrane proteins is commonly achieved by Grotthuss proton 'hopping' in chains of ionizable amino acid side chains and intraprotein water molecules. To identify whether ionizable residues are required for proton permeation in Hv1, we neutralized candidate...
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