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SUBMITTER: Yoshimura K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2943882 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20100331
Ion channels form a group of membrane proteins that pass ions through a pore beyond the energy barrier of the lipid bilayer. The structure of the transmembrane segment of membrane proteins is influenced by the charges and the hydrophobicity of the surrounding lipids and the pressure on its surface. A mechanosensitive channel is specifically designed to change its conformation in response to changes in the membrane pressure (tension). However, mechanosensitive channels are not the only group that ...[more]