Size, motion, and function of the SecY translocon revealed by molecular dynamics simulations with virtual probes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2718-2730

  Tian, Pu ^a   Andricioaei, Ioan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SECA; SECY PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; FORCE; HYBRID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIBOSOME; SIMULATION;

EID: 33646191829     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.073304     Document Type: Article

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