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Navid Bavi

University of California, Los AngelesORCID 0000-0001-7040-0710Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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BiophysicsbioRxivPreprintOct 31, 2025

Structural Mechanism of Prestin-Membrane Mechanotransduction

Navid Bavi, Patrick Roman Haller, Kazuaki Homma…·Eduardo Perozo

This study reveals how prestin translates membrane tension into charge and motor movement during sound-evoked vibrations through structural analysis and complementary experiments.

2 citations

zebrafishcryo-EM

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintAug 6, 2021

Cryo-EM Structures of Prestin and the Molecular Basis of Outer Hair Cell Electromotility

Navid Bavi, Michael David Clark, Gustavo F. Contreras…·Eduardo Perozo

This study determines the cryo-EM structures of Prestin in multiple states, revealing its mechanism of area expansion and anion-binding site competition with salicylate.

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electronic health recordsexperimental assay

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