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Viksita Vijayvergiya1, Ryan Wilson, Adam Chorak
1Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
Abstract:
Purified M2 protein from the Udorn strain of influenza virus was reconstituted into planar lipid bilayers from liposomes. In 1 mM HCl, the single-channel conductance was measured as 6 pS with open probability of < or =0.03. The current voltage curve is linear over the achievable voltage range. The current amplitude is amantadine sensitive. In HCl solutions, the single-channel current was essentially invariant with changes in [Cl(-)], [Na(+)], and [tetraethylammonium] ([TEA(+)]), but dependent on [H(+)]. The reversal potential, determined with asymmetrical hydrogen chloride solution, is very close to the equilibrium potential of hydrogen. This appears to be the first report of single-channel proton currents with the full-length M2 protein.
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