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Structure and dynamics of the proton-selective histidine and the gating tryptophan in an inward rectifying hybrid influenza B and A virus M2 proton channel.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP - 31 Jul 2024
Pankratova Yanina, McKay Matthew J, Ma Chunlong, Tan Haozhou, Wang Jun, Hong Mei
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The M2 proteins of influenza A and B viruses form acid-activated proton channels that are essential for the virus lifecycle. Proton selectivity is achieved by a transmembrane (TM) histidine whereas gating is achieved by a tryptophan residue. Although this functional apparatus is conserved between AM2 and BM2 channels, AM2 conducts protons exclusively inward whereas BM2 conducts protons in either direction...
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