Table 1).
Membrane Protein | Function | Species | Characterized Dynamics | Reference: |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) | Light driven proton pump | Halobacterium salinarum | Photoactivated conformation changes | [38••,39,46,47] |
PoXeR and various other microbial rhodopsins | Light driven pumps | Parvularcula oceani and serval other eubacteria/archaea | Oligomerisation | [50,51] |
ATP-synthase |
ATP synthesis | Halobacterium salinarum | Membrane mediated protein-protein interactions | [52] |
Aquaporin-0 (AQP0) Connexin (Cx) |
Water and solute transport Cell-cell adhesion |
Sheep lens fiber cells | Protein microdomain formation, dynamics and adhesion | [53,54] |
SecYEG and GlpF | Protein translocation channel and aquaglyceroporin | Escherichia coli | Protein docking and conformational dynamics | [55] |
P2X | ATP-gated ion channel | Human astrocytoma cells | ATP induced conformational changes | [56] |
GltPh | Na+/L-Asp symport | Pyrococcus horikoshii | Transport dynamics | [35••] |
SERCA | ATP-driven Ca2+-pump | Rabbit | Transport dynamics | [57] |
OmpF | Large non-specific channel | Escherichia coli | Diffusion and Interaction | [9,58] |
KcsA | Potassium channel | Streptomyces lividans | Conformational dynamics and toxin binding | [59,60] |
TWIK1 | Potassium channel | Mouse | Structural properties | [61] |
SthK | Potassium channel | Spirochaeta thermophila | Ligand induced conformational dynamics | [31••] |
MloK1 | Potassium channel | Mesorhizobium loti | Ligand induced conformational dynamics | [62] |
GLIC | Ligand gated ion channel | Gloeobacter violaceus | Ligand induced conformational dynamics | [26••] |
Listeriolysin O | Pore forming toxin | Listeria monocytogenes | Assembly kinetics and membrane disruption | [63] |
Lysenin | Pore forming toxin | Eisenia fetida | Diffusion, Interaction and membrane insertion | [64,65] |
OmpLA | Phospholipid hydrolysis | Escherichia coli | Ca2+-dependent membrane degradation | [66] |