Channel gating: twist to open.
Recent studies of the bacterial mechanosensitive channel MscL have combined a number of different approaches to come up with a model for the channel gating mechanism.
Biggin
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Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Oxford, The Rex Richards Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, UK.
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D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; C086596:MscL protein, E coli