Gliding edge dislocations in proteins as a mechanism for active ion transport
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- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 169 (3), 559-565
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1690559
Abstract
A mechanism for the translocation of ions across biological membranes is proposed in which transconformational changes occur in the membrane-bound ion pump. In particular, it is suggested that such conformational changes are effected by means of the propagation of crystal defects in the form of edge-dislocation glide.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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