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Etana Padan is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Electrochemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research focuses on topics related to ion transport and channel regulation, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and drug transport and resistance mechanisms. Other notable areas of study include electrochemical analysis and applications, ion channel regulation and function, protein structure and dynamics, and lipid membrane structure and behavior.

Padan has contributed to multiple publications across various notable scientific venues. These include:

  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
  • Journal of Molecular Biology (1 publication)
  • Research Square (Research Square) (1 publication)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Etana Padan are:

  • "Insight into the direct interaction of Na+ with NhaA and mechanistic implications," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "An angular motion of a conserved four-helix bundle facilitates alternating access transport in the TtNapA and EcNhaA transporters," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Towards Molecular Understanding of the pH Dependence Characterizing NhaA of Which Structural Fold is Shared by Other Transporters," 2021, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • "The crossing of two unwound transmembrane regions that is the hallmark of the NhaA structural fold is critical for antiporter activity," 2024, Scientific Reports
  • "The hallmark of the NhaA structural fold-crossing of two transmembranes- is critical for antiporter activity," 2023, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent collaborators in Padan's scientific work include Abraham Rimon, Gal Masrati, Ramakanta Mondal, Nir Ben-Tal, and Hadar Amartely.

Best Publications

  • Molecular aspects of bacterial pH sensing and homeostasis

    Terry A. Krulwich;George Sachs;Etana Padan

  • Structure of a Na + /H + antiporter and insights into mechanism of action and regulation by pH

    Carola Hunte;Emanuela Screpanti;Miro Venturi;Abraham Rimon

  • Alkaline pH homeostasis in bacteria: new insights.

    Etana Padan;Eitan Bibi;Masahiro Ito;Terry A. Krulwich

  • pH homeostasis in bacteria.

    Etana Padan;Dan Zilberstein;Shimon Schuldiner

  • The Proton Electrochemical Gradient in Escherichia coli Cells

    Etana Padan;Dan Zilberstein;Hagai Rottenberg

  • Na(+)/H(+) antiporters.

    Etana Padan;Miro Venturi;Yoram Gerchman;Nir Dover

  • Overproduction and purification of a functional Na+/H+ antiporter coded by nhaA (ant) from Escherichia coli.

    D Taglicht;E Padan;S Schuldiner

  • Respiratory Control and the Proton Electrochemical Gradient in Mitochondria

    Etana Padan;Hagai Rottenberg

  • Facultative anoxygenic photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica.

    Y Cohen;E Padan;M Shilo

  • Occurrence of facultative anoxygenic photosynthesis among filamentous and unicellular cyanobacteria.

    S Garlick;A Oren;E Padan

  • Escherichia coli intracellular pH, membrane potential, and cell growth

    D Zilberstein;V Agmon;S Schuldiner;E Padan

  • Cloning and characterization of a putative Ca2+/H+ antiporter gene from Escherichia coli upon functional complementation of Na+/H+ antiporter-deficient strains by the overexpressed gene

    D.M. Ivey;A.A. Guffanti;J. Zemsky;E. Pinner

  • Characterization of a Na+/H+ antiporter gene of Escherichia coli.

    Edward B. Goldberg;Tamar Arbel;Jie Chen;Rachel Karpel

  • Sulphide-dependent anoxygenic photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica

    Y. Cohen;B. B. Jørgensen;B. B. Jørgensen;E. Padan;M. Shilo

  • Deletion of ant in Escherichia coli reveals its function in adaptation to high salinity and an alternative Na+/H+ antiporter system(s).

    E Padan;N Maisler;D Taglicht;R Karpel

  • Physiological role of nhaB, a specific Na+/H+ antiporter in Escherichia coli.

    E Pinner;Y Kotler;E Padan;S Schuldiner

  • Proton electrochemical gradient in Escherichia coli cells and its relation to active transport of lactose.

    Dan Zilberstein;Shimon Schuldiner;Etana Padan

  • Proton-sodium stoichiometry of NhaA, an electrogenic antiporter from Escherichia coli.

    D Taglicht;E Padan;S Schuldiner

  • Facultative Anoxygenic Photosynthesis intheCyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica

    Yehuda Cohen;Etana Padan;Moshe Shilo

  • Na á /H á antiporters

    Etana Padan;Miro Venturi;Yoram Gerchman;Nir Dover

Frequent Co-Authors

Shimon Schuldiner
Shimon Schuldiner Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel Max Planck Society
Nir Ben-Tal
Nir Ben-Tal Tel Aviv University
Shimshon Belkin
Shimshon Belkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Terry A. Krulwich
Terry A. Krulwich Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Gunnar Jeschke
Gunnar Jeschke ETH Zurich
Eitan Bibi
Eitan Bibi Weizmann Institute of Science
Hagai Rottenberg
Hagai Rottenberg Drexel University
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Aharon Oren
Aharon Oren Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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