The influence of amino acid protonation states on molecular dynamics simulations of the bacterial porin OmpF

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-123

  Varma, Sameer ^a,b   Chiu, See Wing ^a,b   Jakobsson, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN F;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646134384     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.059329     Document Type: Article

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