Protein Information

General Information
MoonProt ID4055
First appeared in release4.0
Name(s)Small-conductance mechanosensitive channel - mscS
UniProt IDP0C0S1 
GO termsGO:0005886 plasma membrane, GO:0016020 membrane, GO:0008381 mechanosensitive monoatomic ion channel activity, GO:0009992 intracellular water homeostasis, GO:0034220 monoatomic ion transmembrane transport, GO:0055085 transmembrane transport, GO:0006811 monoatomic ion transport, GO:0042802 identical protein binding, GO:0051260 protein homooligomerization
Organisms for which functions have been demonstratedEscherichia coli (strain K12)
Sequence length286.0
FASTA sequence">sp|P0C0S1|MSCS_ECOLI Small-conductance mechanosensitive channel OS=Escherichia coli (strain K12) OX=83333 GN=mscS PE=1 SV=1 MEDLNVVDSINGAGSWLVANQALLLSYAVNIVAALAIIIVGLIIARMISNAVNRLMISRK IDATVADFLSALVRYGIIAFTLIAALGRVGVQTASVIAVLGAAGLAVGLALQGSLSNLAA GVLLVMFRPFRAGEYVDLGGVAGTVLSVQIFSTTMRTADGKIIVIPNGKIIAGNIINFSR EPVRRNEFIIGVAYDSDIDQVKQILTNIIQSEDRILKDREMTVRLNELGASSINFVVRVW SNSGDLQNVYWDVLERIKREFDAAGISFPYPQMDVNFKRVKEDKAA"
Structure Information
PDB ID2OAU 2VV5 3UDC 4AGE 4AGF 4HWA 5AJI 6PWN 6PWO 6PWP 6RLD 6UZH 6VYK 6VYL 6VYM 7ONL 7OO0 7OO6 7RAZ 8DDJ
Quaternary structurehomoheptamer
SCOP"No SCOP2 classification is available for 2OAU A, B, C, D, E, F, G explicitly. This entry is represented by following domains ... 80254172VV5 A 80254192VV5 A 80254202VV5 A 80377962VV5 A 80377982VV5 A 80377992VV5 A "
CATH2oauA01, 2oauA02, 2oauA03, 2oauB01, 2oauB02, 2oauB03, 2oauC01, 2oauC02, 2oauC03, 2oauD01
TM Helix Prediction3
DisProt Annotation
Predicted Disorder Regions
Connections to Disease
OMIM ID
Function 1
Function descriptionmechanosensitive channel
References for function_
E.C. number
Location of functional site(s)
Cellular location of functioncell membrane
Comments
Function 2
Function descriptioncopper channel
References for functionGhnamah Y, Palmer CD, Livnat-Levanon N, Grupper M, Rosenzweig AC, Lewinson O. Prokaryotic mechanosensitive channels mediate copper influx. Protein Sci. 2025 Jul;34(7):e70205. doi: 10.1002/pro.70205. PMID: 40563205; PMCID: PMC12198049.
E.C. number
Location of functional site(s)
Cellular location of functioncell membrane
Comments