Dynamic Water Networks in Cytochrome c Oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans Investigated by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1873-1889

  Olkhova, Elena ^a   Hutter, Michael C ^a,b   Lill, Markus A ^a   Helms, Volkhard ^a,b   Michel, Hartmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WATER TRANSPORT;

PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 1942423697     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74254-X     Document Type: Article

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