Communications Biology (Oct 2022)

Multiple mechanisms contribute to fluorometry signals from the voltage-gated proton channel

  • Ferenc Papp,
  • Gilman E. S. Toombes,
  • Zoltán Pethő,
  • Adrienn Bagosi,
  • Adam Feher,
  • János Almássy,
  • Jesús Borrego,
  • Ákos Kuki,
  • Sándor Kéki,
  • Gyorgy Panyi,
  • Zoltan Varga

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04065-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Fluorometry signals indicating conformational change in an ion channel are generated by quenching amino acids and lipid effects during movement of the dye relative to the plane of the membrane.