BAR Domains as Sensors of Membrane Curvature: The Amphiphysin BAR Structure

@article{Peter2004BARDA,
  title={BAR Domains as Sensors of Membrane Curvature: The Amphiphysin BAR Structure},
  author={Brian Jon Peter and Helen M. Kent and Ian G. Mills and Yvonne Vallis and Peter J Butler and Philip R. Evans and Harvey T. McMahon},
  journal={Science},
  year={2004},
  volume={303},
  pages={495 - 499}
}
The BAR (Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs) domain is the most conserved feature in amphiphysins from yeast to human and is also found in endophilins and nadrins. We solved the structure of the Drosophila amphiphysin BAR domain. It is a crescent-shaped dimer that binds preferentially to highly curved negatively charged membranes. With its N-terminal amphipathic helix and BAR domain (N-BAR), amphiphysin can drive membrane curvature in vitro and in vivo. The structure is similar to that of arfaptin2, which we… 
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