کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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10795455 | 1052584 | 2014 | 13 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Channelrhodopsins: A bioinformatics perspective
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
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چکیده انگلیسی
Channelrhodopsins are microbial-type rhodopsins that function as light-gated cation channels. Understanding how the detailed architecture of the protein governs its dynamics and specificity for ions is important, because it has the potential to assist in designing site-directed channelrhodopsin mutants for specific neurobiology applications. Here we use bioinformatics methods to derive accurate alignments of channelrhodopsin sequences, assess the sequence conservation patterns and find conserved motifs in channelrhodopsins, and use homology modeling to construct three-dimensional structural models of channelrhodopsins. The analyses reveal that helices C and D of channelrhodopsins contain Cys, Ser, and Thr groups that can engage in both intra- and inter-helical hydrogen bonds. We propose that these polar groups participate in inter-helical hydrogen-bonding clusters important for the protein conformational dynamics and for the local water interactions. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Retinal Proteins - You can teach an old dog new tricks.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics - Volume 1837, Issue 5, May 2014, Pages 643-655
Journal: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics - Volume 1837, Issue 5, May 2014, Pages 643-655
نویسندگان
Coral del Val, José Royuela-Flor, Stefan Milenkovic, Ana-Nicoleta Bondar,