2017
Current carried by the Slc26 family member prestin does not flow through the transporter pathway
Bai JP, Moeini-Naghani I, Zhong S, Li FY, Bian S, Sigworth FJ, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Current carried by the Slc26 family member prestin does not flow through the transporter pathway. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 46619. PMID: 28422190, PMCID: PMC5395958, DOI: 10.1038/srep46619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCHO CellsCricetulusHEK293 CellsHumansIon Channel GatingIon TransportMutationProtein Structure, SecondarySulfate Transporters
2013
Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity
Bian S, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e66078. PMID: 23762468, PMCID: PMC3677934, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObligate tetramerPlasma membraneMembrane motor proteinIntegral membrane proteinsTetracycline-inducible cell lineMembrane proteinsMotor proteinsPrestin densityTemperature blockPrestinFluorescence measuresMembrane fluorescenceCell linesNonlinear capacitanceCochlear amplificationProteinTetramerMembraneFluorescencePrevious observationsVoltage clampFluorescence methodCellsAmplification
2010
Prestin Surface Expression and Activity Are Augmented by Interaction with MAP1S, a Microtubule-associated Protein*
Bai JP, Surguchev A, Ogando Y, Song L, Bian S, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Prestin Surface Expression and Activity Are Augmented by Interaction with MAP1S, a Microtubule-associated Protein*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2010, 285: 20834-20843. PMID: 20418376, PMCID: PMC2898336, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.117853.Peer-Reviewed Original Research