Protein Information

General Information
MoonProt ID4057
First appeared in release4.0
Name(s)Small-conductance mechanosensitive channel
UniProt IDQ9X1P9 
GO termsGO:0005886 plasma membrane, GO:0016020 membrane, GO:0008381 mechanosensitive monoatomic ion channel activity, GO:0034220 monoatomic ion transmembrane transport, GO:0055085 transmembrane transport
Organisms for which functions have been demonstratedThermotoga maritima
Sequence length268.0
FASTA sequence">tr|Q9X1P9|Q9X1P9_THEMA Small-conductance mechanosensitive channel OS=Thermotoga maritima (strain ATCC 43589 / DSM 3109 / JCM 10099 / NBRC 100826 / MSB8) OX=243274 GN=TM_1563 PE=3 SV=1 MLAKLILTAVTVVVSYLVFKWLFKLIEKSVEKLGKELQMRNTIRFFLGLIISVIAVMIIL DIWDLSLAPLLAGVGIGGLVIGLALQEPLANFFSGLFLLVSRAVKEGEALEAGGVSGTVE VVNLNHTVIRTWDGRRVMIPNKAVWNDKIIHFWPSNVRRQEIVVGVPYSADLRKVVEIFQ KALEDEETVEKDPAPAIVFSAFNSSSIDFIIRFWVNRDNFFEGVKRLAFRIKDYLEKEGI YIPFPQLDVHFDEEFIRVWKHEGSENKS"
Structure Information
PDB IDNA
Quaternary structureNA
SCOP
CATH
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