Molecular dynamics simulations on the Escherichia coli ammonia channel protein AmtB: Mechanism of ammonia/ammonium transport

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 10876-10884

  Lin, Yuchun ^a   Cao, Zexing ^b   Mo, Yirong ^a,b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AMMONIA-CONDUCTING CHANNELS; AMMONIUM/AMMONIA TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI AMMONIA CHANNEL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

PROTEINS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHANNEL; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN AMTB; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; WATER LOSS;

AMMONIA; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33748098179     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0631549     Document Type: Article

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