ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING BETWEEN MEMBRANE-PROTEINS

被引:20
作者
BROWN, GC
机构
[1] Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW England, Tennis Court Rd
关键词
Bioenergetics; Electric field; intramembrane; Ion channel; Membrane protein; Signal transduction;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(90)80051-J
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Charges on membrane proteins are argued to produce very large electric fields within the membrane which may be felt by neighbouring membrane proteins. The activity of many membrane proteins may be sensitive to the electric field in the membrane; thus one membrane protein may affect the activity of another via the local electric field without any contact between the two. More specific electrostatic interactions are possible with binding between the two proteins. The possible roles of such interactions in bioenergetics, neurophysiology and signal transduction are discussed. © 1990.
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