The Combined Effect of Hydrophobic Mismatch and Bilayer Local Bending on the Regulation of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

How ion channels sense mechanical force: insights from mechanosensitive K2P channels TRAAK, TREK1, and TREK2

(2015) Stephen G. Brohawn   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The N-Terminal Domain Acts as an Anchor during the Gating Cycle of MscL

(2015) Navid Bavi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanisms of mechanosensing — mechanosensitive channels, function and re-engineering

(2015) Armagan Kocer   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Curvature-dependent protein–lipid bilayer interaction and cell mechanosensitivity

(2015) Saša Svetina   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

Sorting of integral membrane proteins mediated by curvature-dependent protein–lipid bilayer interaction

(2015) Bojan Božič et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanical sensitivity of Piezo1 ion channels can be tuned by cellular membrane tension

(2015) Amanda H Lewis et al.   eLife

Gating Mechanism of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels Studied by Continuum Mechanics

(2015) Navid Bavi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The effect of local bending on gating of MscL using a representative volume element and finite element simulation

(2014) Omid Bavi et al.   Channels

The activation mode of the mechanosensitive ion channel, MscL, by lysophosphatidylcholine differs from tension-induced gating

(2014) Nobina Mukherjee et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Physical mechanism for gating and mechanosensitivity of the human TRAAK K+ channel

(2014) Stephen G. Brohawn et al.   NATURE

Force Transduction and Lipid Binding in MscL: A Continuum-Molecular Approach

(2014) Juan M. Vanegas et al.   PLoS One

Biophysical implications of lipid bilayer rheometry for mechanosensitive channels

(2014) N. Bavi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Single molecule FRET reveals pore size and opening mechanism of a mechano-sensitive ion channel

(2014) Yong Wang et al.   eLife

The Purified Mechanosensitive Channel TREK-1 Is Directly Sensitive to Membrane Tension

(2013) Catherine Berrier et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Hydrophobic gating of mechanosensitive channel of large conductance evidenced by single-subunit resolution

(2012) J. P. Birkner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential effects of lipids and lyso-lipids on the mechanosensitivity of the mechanosensitive channels MscL and MscS

(2012) T. Nomura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An improved open-channel structure of MscL determined from FRET confocal microscopy and simulation

(2010) Ben Corry et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Curvature Generation and Pressure Profile Modulation in Membrane by Lysolipids: Insights from Coarse-Grained Simulations

(2009) Jejoong Yoo et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Emerging roles for lipids in shaping membrane-protein function

(2009) Rob Phillips et al.   NATURE

SDPR induces membrane curvature and functions in the formation of caveolae

(2009) Carsten G. Hansen et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Gating Mechanisms of Mechanosensitive Channels of Large Conductance, II: Systematic Study of Conformational Transitions

(2008) Yuye Tang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Gating Mechanisms of Mechanosensitive Channels of Large Conductance, I: A Continuum Mechanics-Based Hierarchical Framework

(2008) Xi Chen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanosensitive Channels: Insights from Continuum-Based Simulations

(2008) Yuye Tang et al.   CELL BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS