Free energy of a potassium ion in a model of the channel formed by an amphipathic leucine-serine peptide

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-206

  Smith, Graham R ^a,b   Sansom, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ion channels; Leucine serine peptide; Molecular dynamics; Potassium ion; Simulations

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; LEUCINE; LEUCYLSERINE; METHANE; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; HISTOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036619449     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0206-6     Document Type: Article

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