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. 2012 Mar 6;7(3):e31566. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031566

Figure 5. A transporter model for M2-mediated proton transport into virions.

Figure 5

Conformational changes in the channel histidines allow their protonation on the virion exterior and deprotonation on the virion interior facilitating transport of protons down the concentration gradient.