2005
N-Terminal-Mediated Homomultimerization of Prestin, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein
Navaratnam D, Bai JP, Samaranayake H, Santos-Sacchi J. N-Terminal-Mediated Homomultimerization of Prestin, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein. Biophysical Journal 2005, 89: 3345-3352. PMID: 16113116, PMCID: PMC1366831, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.068759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllosteric SiteAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell MembraneCell SeparationCHO CellsCricetinaeDimerizationElectric CapacitanceElectric ConductivityElectrophysiologyFlow CytometryFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferGerbillinaeGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHair Cells, Auditory, OuterMechanotransduction, CellularMembrane PotentialsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, BiologicalMolecular Motor ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryProteinsTransfectionConceptsOuter Hair Cell Motor ProteinStructure-function relationsNormal membrane targetingMammalian cochlear amplificationIntact N-terminusMembrane targetingDomain proteinsMembrane topologyFluorescence resonance energy transferCell mechanical responsePrestin moleculesMembrane motorMotor proteinsN-terminusShort truncationsPrestinResonance energy transferIntracellular terminiAllosteric modulationProteinTerminusCochlear amplificationVoltage sensingHomomultimerizationModified activity
2003
Cl− flux through a non‐selective, stretch‐sensitive conductance influences the outer hair cell motor of the guinea‐pig
Rybalchenko V, Santos‐Sacchi J. Cl− flux through a non‐selective, stretch‐sensitive conductance influences the outer hair cell motor of the guinea‐pig. The Journal Of Physiology 2003, 547: 873-891. PMID: 12562920, PMCID: PMC2342734, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2003.00873.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCarbenoxoloneCell MembraneChloride ChannelsChloridesCyclooxygenase InhibitorsElectric CapacitanceElectric ConductivityGadoliniumGuinea PigsHair Cells, Auditory, OuterIon Channel GatingMechanotransduction, CellularMembrane PotentialsMercuric ChlorideMicrodialysisNiflumic AcidOctanolsProteinsSulfonic AcidsConceptsOuter hair cell motorLateral membranesVoltage-dependent conformational changesLateral plasma membranePlasma membraneMotor proteinsCell motorProtein transitionsConformational changesRecent identificationPrestinSomatic motilityAllosteric modulationCL sensitivityAnion fluxHair cellsCochlear amplificationAcoustic ratesOuter hair cellsAlternative mechanismComplicated roleMembranePronounced shiftCellsAmplification