Lactose Permease: Difference between revisions

===Structure of Lactose Permease===

<scene name='Lactose_Permease/Beginning/1'>Lactose permease</scene> is a transmembrane protein consisting of N- and C- terminal domains (depicted in this model by the blue and red hemispheres), each with six <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Backbone/3'>transmembrane helices</scene> symmetrically positioned within the permease.  There are six sidechains that play an irreplaceable role in the active transport of lactose through the protein.  Three of these sidechains, <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Glu126/3'>Glutamic Acid 126</scene>, <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Arg144/3'>Arginine 144</scene>, and <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Glu269/3'>Glutamic Acid 269</scene> have been shown to be crucial in substrate binding activities.  <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Arg302/2'>Arginine 302</scene>, <scene name='Lactose_Permease/His322/2'>Histidine 322</scene>, and <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Glu325/2'>Glutamic Acid 325</scene> are known to play a significant role in proton translocation(moving the H+ proton) throughout the transport process.  Additionally, there are two residues that are suspected to play an important role in the alignment of the galactopyranosyl end of the substrate.  These are <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Cys148/2'>Cysteine 148</scene> and <scene name='Lactose_Permease/Trp151/2'>Tryptophan 151</scene>.