Simulating proton translocations in proteins: Probing proton transfer pathways in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 484-500

  Sham, Yuk Yin ^a   Muegge, Ingo ^a,b   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Electrostatics; Proton pumps; Proton transfer in proteins

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATICS; ION TRANSPORT; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON PUMPS; PROTONS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0344418714     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990901)36:4<484::AID-PROT13>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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