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SUBMITTER: Jayaram H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2516207 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jayaram Hariharan H Accardi Alessio A Wu Fang F Williams Carole C Miller Christopher C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080804 32
The CLC family of Cl(-)-transporting proteins includes both Cl(-) channels and Cl(-)/H(+) exchange transporters. CLC-ec1, a structurally known bacterial homolog of the transporter subclass, exchanges two Cl(-) ions per proton with strict, obligatory stoichiometry. Point mutations at two residues, Glu(148) and Tyr(445), are known to impair H(+) movement while preserving Cl(-) transport. In the x-ray crystal structure of CLC-ec1, these residues form putative "gates" flanking an ion-binding region. ...[more]