Lactococcus Lactis
Lactococcus lactis uses MscL as its principal mechanosensitive channel
Published in Blood Weekly, June 2nd, 2005
According to a recently published report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, "The functions of the mechanosensitive channels from Lactococcus lactis were determined by biochemical, physiological, and electrophysiological methods.
"Patch-clamp studies showed that the genes yncB and mscL encode MscS and MscL-like channels, respectively, when expressed in Escherichia coli or if the gene products were purified and reconstituted in proteoliposomes. However, unless yncB was expressed in trans, wild type membranes of L. lactis displayed only MscL...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-06-02)
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