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Jingpeng Ge

Institution
Oregon Health & Science University

Projects

Architecture of native protocadherin-15 in complex with LHFPL5

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Eric Gouaux
Mechanotransduction machinery located at the tips of hair bundles in the inner ear are responsible for our sensations of movement and sound. Each bundle is composed of stereocilia that are connected…

Structure and activation mechanism of mammalian prestin

Lead Institution
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigator
Eric Gouaux
The mammalian cochlear hair cells are the sensory receptors for the auditory system. They consist of one row of inner hair cells (IHCs) and three rows of outer hair cells (OHCs) with stereocilia on…