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Interaction between the VDAC channel and a polyanionic effector. An electron microscopic study.

C A Mannella·X W Guo
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The conductance of the voltage-dependent mitochondrial outer membrane channel is modulated by a synthetic anionic polymer. When added to suspensions of membrane crystals of the channel, the polyanion caused disordering of the usual parallelogram array and increased occurrence of a contracted form of the array. Correlation averages obtained from electron microscopic images of the channel crystals indicated a narrowing of the projected channel lumen in the presence of the polyanion and the appearance of new, narrow zones of stain exclusion on the outside of the channel. These effects are interpreted in terms of possible conformational changes induced in the channel by binding of the polyanion.

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Electric ConductivityIntracellular MembranesIon ChannelsMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, ElectronPorinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeVoltage-Dependent Anion ChannelsJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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C A Mannella, X W Guo. 1990. Interaction between the VDAC channel and a polyanionic effector. An electron microscopic study.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(90)82503-0

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