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q-bio.BM2019★ 56 cited
General Principles of Secondary Active Transporter Function
Oliver Beckstein, Fiona Naughton
Transport of ions and small molecules across the cell membrane against electrochemical gradients is catalyzed by integral membrane proteins that use a source of free energy to driv…
q-bio.BM2009
Opening a hydrophobic gate: the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor as an example
Sarah E. Rogers, Kaihsu Tai, Oliver Beckstein +1
To what extent must a hydrophobic gate expand for the channel to count as open? We address this question using the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) as the exemplar. The nAC…
q-bio.BM2005★ 189 cited
A Hydrophobic Gate in an Ion Channel: The Closed State of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Oliver Beckstein, Mark S. P. Sansom
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is the prototypic member of the `Cys-loop' superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels which mediate synaptic neurotransmission, and whose…