Article
Proton and cation transport activity of the M2 proton channel from influenza A virus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Aug 2010
Leiding Thom, Wang Jun, Martinsson Jonas, DeGrado William F, Arsköld Sindra Peterson
Abstract excerpt
The M2 protein is a small, single-span transmembrane (TM) protein from the influenza A virus. This virus enters cells via endosomes; as the endosomes mature and become more acidic M2 facilitates proton transport into the viral interior, thereby disrupting matrix protein/RNA interactions required...
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