Properties of water molecules in the active site gorge of acetylcholinesterase from computer simulation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2671-2682

  Henchman, Richard H ^a,b   Tai, Kaihsu ^a   Shen, Tongye ^a   Andrew McCammon, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mail Code 0365 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036226101     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75609-9     Document Type: Article

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