| Accession | TIGR00220 |
| Name | mscL |
| Function | large conductance mechanosensitive channel protein |
| Gene Symbol | mscL |
| Trusted Cutoff | 71.00 |
| Domain Trusted Cutoff | 71.00 |
| Noise Cutoff | 43.30 |
| Domain Noise Cutoff | 43.30 |
| Isology Type | equivalog |
| HMM Length | 127 |
| Mainrole Category | Cellular processes |
| Subrole Category | Adaptations to atypical conditions |
| Gene Ontology Term | GO:0006810: transport biological_process |
| | GO:0022833: mechanically gated channel activity molecular_function |
| Author | Loftus BJ |
| Entry Date | Apr 20 1999 2:08PM |
| Last Modified | Feb 14 2011 3:27PM |
| Comment | Protein encodes a channel which opens in response to a membrane stretch force. Probably serves as an osmotic gauge. Carboxy terminus tends to be more divergent across species with a high degree of sequence conservation found at the N-terminus. |
| References | DR ECOCYC; EG11180; mscL;
SE TIGR
GA hmmls
AL clustalw
RM 97045088
DR HAMAP; MF_00115; 260 of 262 |
