Effect of lipid head groups on double-layered two-dimensional crystals formed by aquaporin-0.

Aquaporin-0 (AQP0) is a lens-specific water channel that also forms membrane junctions. Reconstitution of AQP0 with dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and E. coli polar lipids (EPL) yielded well-ordered, double-layered two-dimensional (2D) crystals that allowed electron crystallographic structur...

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Main Authors: Richard Kevin Hite, Po-Lin Chiu, Jan Michael Schuller, Thomas Walz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4311914?pdf=render