Exploring the origin of the ion selectivity of the KcsA potassium channel

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 412-426

  Burykin, Anton ^a   Kato, Mitsunori ^a   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectrics; Ion channels; Ion current; Protein electrostatics; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0042171841     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10455     Document Type: Article

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