title: Flip-flopping salt bridges gate an ion channel.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moroni
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiel
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry*; D055672:Static Electricity; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D012492:Salts; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins