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SUBMITTER: Rich PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3730678 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rich Peter R PR Maréchal Amandine A
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20130717 86
The structures and functions of hydrophilic channels in electron-transferring membrane proteins are discussed. A distinction is made between proton channels that can conduct protons and dielectric channels that are non-conducting but can dielectrically polarize in response to the introduction of charge changes in buried functional centres. Functions of the K, D and H channels found in A1-type cytochrome c oxidases are reviewed in relation to these ideas. Possible control of function by dielectri ...[more]