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SUBMITTER: Casuso I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3042552 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Casuso Ignacio I Sens Pierre P Rico Felix F Scheuring Simon S
Biophysical journal 20101001 7
Membrane proteins diffuse within the membrane, form oligomers and supramolecular assemblies. Using high-speed atomic force microscopy, we present direct experimental measure of an in-membrane-plane interaction potential between membrane proteins. In purple membranes, ATP-synthase c-rings formed dimers that temporarily dissociated. C-ring dimers revealed subdiffusive motion, while dissociated monomers diffused freely. C-rings center-to-center distance probability distribution allowed the calculat ...[more]