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ArticleBiopolymers2013

Assembling an ion channel: ORF 3a from SARS-CoV.

Tze-Hsiang Chien, Ya-Ling Chiang, Chin-Pei Chen, Petra Henklein, Karen Hänel, Ing-Shouh Hwang, Dieter Willbold, Wolfgang B Fischer

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Article in Biopolymers, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Tze-Hsiang ChienInstitute of Biophotonics, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
Ya-Ling Chiang
Chin-Pei Chen
Petra Henklein
Karen Hänel
Ing-Shouh Hwang
Dieter Willbold
Wolfgang B Fischer
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWForschungszentrum Jülich · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEInstitute of Physics, Academia Sinica · TWNational Tsing Hua University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein 3a is a 274 amino acid polytopic channel protein with three putative transmembrane domains (TMDs) encoded by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus (SARS-CoV). Synthetic peptides corresponding to each of its three individual transmembrane domains (TMDs) are reconstituted into artificial lipid bilayers. Only TMD2 and TMD3 induce channel activity. Reconstitution of the peptides as TMD1 + TMD3 as well as TMD2 + TMD3 in a 1 : 1 mixture induces membrane activity for both mixtures. In a 1 : 1 : 1 mixture, channel like behavior is almost restored. Expression of full length 3a and reconstitution into artificial lipid bilayers reveal a weak cation selective (PK ≈ 2 PCl ) rectifying channel. In the presence of nonphysiological concentration of Ca-ions the channel develops channel activity.

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Ion ChannelsSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusAmino Acid SequenceLipid BilayersIon ChannelsLipid Bilayers

Identifiers

PMID23483519
PMCPMC7161858
OpenAlexW1514428538

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