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An engineered opsin monomer scrambles phospholipids

The G protein-coupled receptor opsin is a phospholipid scramblase that facilitates rapid transbilayer phospholipid exchange in liposomes. The mechanism by which opsin scrambles lipids is unknown. It has been proposed that lipid translocation may occur at protein-protein interfaces of opsin dimers. T...

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Autores principales: Pandey, Kalpana, Ploier, Birgit, Goren, Michael A., Levitz, Joshua, Khelashvili, George, Menon, Anant K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29196630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16842-z