2010
Combinatorial Cysteine Mutagenesis Reveals a Critical Intramonomer Role for Cysteines in Prestin Voltage Sensing
Bai JP, Surguchev A, Bian S, Song L, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Combinatorial Cysteine Mutagenesis Reveals a Critical Intramonomer Role for Cysteines in Prestin Voltage Sensing. Biophysical Journal 2010, 99: 85-94. PMID: 20655836, PMCID: PMC2895379, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisulfide bond formationCysteine residuesCysteine residue pairsSingle cysteine residueCysteine mutagenesisTransmembrane proteinSubstitution mutantsSLC26 familyResidue pairsFörster resonance energy transferCharge movementVoltage-dependent charge movementDisulfide interactionsResonance energy transferPrestinProteinMutantsDimer formationResiduesCysteineHair cellsSurface expressionAnion transportersCochlear amplificationWestern blot
2001
Ca2+-binding activity of a COOH-terminal fragment of the Drosophila BK channel involved in Ca2+-dependent activation
Bian S, Favre I, Moczydlowski E. Ca2+-binding activity of a COOH-terminal fragment of the Drosophila BK channel involved in Ca2+-dependent activation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2001, 98: 4776-4781. PMID: 11274367, PMCID: PMC31910, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.081072398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracellular COOH-terminal domainDependent activationBK channelsCOOH-terminal domainProtein blot assayBiochemical approachesStructural basisBiophysical analysisBK proteinAsp residuesControl proteinHEK293 cellsEscherichia coliProteinElectrophysiological assaysBlot assaysLarge conductanceTerminal fragmentSoluble formActivationResiduesFunctional correlationSpecific bindingSpecific regionsBinding