Functional dynamics in the voltage-dependent anion channel [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010 The voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), located in the outer mitochondrial membrane, acts as a gatekeeper for the entry and exit of mitochondrial metabolites. Here we reveal functional dynamics of isoform one of VDAC (VDAC1) by a combination of solution NMR spectroscopy, Gaussian network model analysis, and molecular dynamics simulation.
Villinger, S. +8 more
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Nucleotide Interactions of the Human Voltage-dependent Anion Channel [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 The voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) mediates and gates the flux of metabolites and ions across the outer mitochondrial membrane and is a key player in cellular metabolism and apoptosis. Here we characterized the binding of nucleotides to human VDAC1 (hVDAC1) on a single-residue level using NMR spectroscopy and site-directed mutagenesis.
Saskia Villinger +6 more
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Deficiency of the Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel: A Novel Cause of Mitochondriopathy [PDF]
Pediatric Research, 1996 A patient with a deficient voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is reported, presenting clinically with psychomotor retardation and minor dysmorphic features. Biochemical studies on muscle mitochondria showed impaired rates of pyruvate oxidation and ATP production; however, no specific deficient activity of one of the mitochondrial enzymes was ...
Huizing M +8 more
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Voltage-Dependent Anion Selective Channel Isoforms in Yeast: Expression, Structure, and Functions
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Mitochondrial porins, also known as voltage-dependent anion selective channels (VDACs), are pore-forming molecules of the outer mitochondrial membranes, involved in the regulation of metabolic flux between cytosol and mitochondria.
Maria Carmela Di Rosa +7 more
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High conductance anion channel in Schwann cell vesicles from rat spinal roots [PDF]
, 1992 Potassium uptake, possibly together with chloride, is one of the presumed functions of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. However, the presence of chloride channels has not been demonstrated in adult Schwann cells.
Quasthoff, Stefan +5 more
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A Lipid Bilayer Formed on a Hydrogel Bead for Single Ion Channel Recordings
Micromachines, 2020 Ion channel proteins play important roles in various cell functions, making them attractive drug targets. Artificial lipid bilayer recording is a technique used to measure the ion transport activities of channel proteins with high sensitivity and ...
Minako Hirano +6 more
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Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel-1, a Possible Ligand of Plasminogen Kringle 5. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Kringle 5, the fifth fragment of plasminogen, is known to be important for inhibiting the proliferation and migration of vascular endothelial cell (VEC), while not having any effects on normal endothelial cells.
Yin-Ku Liang, Liu-Jiao Bian
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Voltage-dependent anion channels mediated apoptosis in refractory epilepsy [PDF]
Open Medicine, 2020 Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) in mitochondria-mediated apoptosis of neurons in refractory epilepsy. Western blot analyses were carried out to detect the changes in cytochrome C, caspase 9, Bax, and Bcl-2.
Zhao Yan +4 more
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Anion channel sensitivity to cytosolic organic acids implicates a central role for oxaloacetate in integrating ion flux with metabolism in stomatal guard cells [PDF]
, 2011 Stomatal guard cells play a key role in gas exchange for photosynthesis and in minimizing transpirational water loss from plants by opening and closing the stomatal pore.
Yizhou Wang +5 more
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Flexibility of the N-Terminal mVDAC1 Segment Controls the Channel’s Gating Behavior [PDF]
, 2012 Since the solution of the molecular structures of members of the voltage dependent anion channels (VDACs), the N-terminal α-helix has been the main focus of attention, since its strategic location, in combination with its putative conformational ...
Grosse, Wolfgang +23 more
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