Transmembrane helix dynamics of bacterial chemoreceptors supports a piston model of signalling.

Transmembrane α-helices play a key role in many receptors, transmitting a signal from one side to the other of the lipid bilayer membrane. Bacterial chemoreceptors are one of the best studied such systems, with a wealth of biophysical and mutational data indicating a key role for the TM2 helix in si...

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Main Authors: Benjamin A Hall, Judith P Armitage, Mark S P Sansom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197627?pdf=render