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M2 Proton Channel
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| - | The M2 proton channel is a key protein that leads to viral infection [Takeuchi et al]. The M2 proton channel acidifies the viron which allows the viral matrix protein (M1) to disassociate from the ribonucleoprotein (RNP) [wu et al]. This allows the RNP to be transported to the nucleus of the cell [wu et al]. Several recent studies have looked at the effects of <scene name='User:Sarah_Henke/Sandbox_1/Amantadine/1'>amantadine</scene> and <scene name='User:Sarah_Henke/Sandbox_1/Rimantadine/1'>rimantadine</scene> on inhibiting the transfer of protons through the M2 channel [stouffer et al]. It has been found that M2 is resistant to these two drugs in 90% of humans, birds and pigs stouffer et al]. Understanding the structure and function of this proton channel is necessary in solving the resistance problem [stouffer et al]. | + | The M2 proton channel is a key protein that leads to viral infection [Takeuchi et al]. The M2 proton channel acidifies the viron which allows the viral matrix protein (M1) to disassociate from the ribonucleoprotein (RNP) [wu et al]. This allows the RNP to be transported to the nucleus of the cell [wu et al]. Several recent studies have looked at the effects of <scene name='User:Sarah_Henke/Sandbox_1/Amantadine/1'>amantadine</scene> [Stouffer et al] and <scene name='User:Sarah_Henke/Sandbox_1/Rimantadine/1'>rimantadine</scene> [Schnell et al] on inhibiting the transfer of protons through the M2 channel [stouffer et al]. It has been found that M2 is resistant to these two drugs in 90% of humans, birds and pigs stouffer et al]. Understanding the structure and function of this proton channel is necessary in solving the resistance problem [stouffer et al]. |
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M2 Proton Channel from Influenza A Virus
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Background
The M2 proton channel is a key protein that leads to viral infection [Takeuchi et al]. The M2 proton channel acidifies the viron which allows the viral matrix protein (M1) to disassociate from the ribonucleoprotein (RNP) [wu et al]. This allows the RNP to be transported to the nucleus of the cell [wu et al]. Several recent studies have looked at the effects of [Stouffer et al] and [Schnell et al] on inhibiting the transfer of protons through the M2 channel [stouffer et al]. It has been found that M2 is resistant to these two drugs in 90% of humans, birds and pigs stouffer et al]. Understanding the structure and function of this proton channel is necessary in solving the resistance problem [stouffer et al].
Structure
The M2 proton channel from influenza A is 97 amino acid residues and forms a 24-residue N-terminal extracellular domain, a 19-residue trans-membrane domain, and a 54-residue C-terminal cytoplasmic domain [wu et al]. The 19-residue TM domain forms the highly selective proton channel [Takashi et al]. Circular dichroism spectra has shown the TM domain to form one α-helix that spans the membrane [wu et al]. By analytical ultracentrifugation, the TM domain is found to form [takeuchi et al]. This tetrameric bundle of the TM domain is found by NMR to be tilted by 25-38° from the channel axis [takeuchi et al]. The TM helicies are arranged around the channel pore with an approximate fourfold rotational symmetry [takeuchi et al].
Central Cavity
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pH Gating
References
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