A comparison between two prokaryotic potassium channels (KirBac1.1 and KcsA) in a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation study

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Hellgren, Mikko ^a,c   Sandberg, Lars ^b   Edholm, Olle ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

KcsA; KirBac1.1; Molecular dynamics simulation; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KCSA; PROTEIN KIRBAC 1.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 32844467750     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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