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SUBMITTER: Alhadeff R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3192041 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alhadeff Raphael R Ganoth Assaf A Krugliak Miriam M Arkin Isaiah T IT
PloS one 20111012 10
The ability to discriminate between highly similar substrates is one of the remarkable properties of enzymes. For example, transporters and channels that selectively distinguish between various solutes enable living organisms to maintain and control their internal environment in the face of a constantly changing surrounding. Herein, we examine in detail the selectivity properties of one of the most important salt transporters: the bacterial Na+/H+ antiporter. Selectivity can be achieved at eithe ...[more]