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ArticleCommunicative & integrative biology2011

Dissecting the electromechanical coupling mechanism of the motor-protein prestin.

Kazuaki Homma, Peter Dallos

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Article in Communicative & integrative biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kazuaki HommaDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders; The Hugh Knowles Center; Northwestern University; Evanston, IL USA.
Peter Dallos
Knowles (United States) · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

STUDIES IN COCHLEAR HAIR CELL TRANSDUCTIONR01DC000089 · NIDCD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CHEATHAM, MARY ANN · 1989 to 2015
$10.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prestin, which is a member of the solute carrier 26 anion transporter family (SLC26A5), is a voltage-dependent membrane-based motor protein that confers electromotility on mammalian cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs).1 OHCs are a mammalian innovation, their presence2 and their endowment with functional prestin is essential for normal hearing of mammals.3 In order to clarify the molecular mechanism underlying the voltage-dependent motility of prestin, precise description of the relation between voltage-induced prestin-associated charge movement and the resulting cell displacement is essential. By simultaneously measuring voltage-dependent charge movement, which is manifested in the nonlinear capacitance (NLC) of the cell membrane, and voltage-induced OHC displacement, we provided compelling experimental evidence that prestin-associated charge movement and the resulting electromotility are fully coupled, and that prestin has at least two voltage-dependent conformational transition steps. These findings provide a basis for understanding the molecular mechanism of prestin. Here we discuss the relevance of our finding in the elucidation of the voltage-dependent motor mechanism of prestin, and speculate about possible voltage sensing mechanisms of the molecule.

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dipoleelectromotilitymembrane motornonlinear capacitanceprestinSLC26voltage

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PMID21966568
PMCPMC3181518
OpenAlexW1964258836

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