Exploring gas permeability of cellular membranes and membrane channels with molecular dynamics

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 534-544

  Wang, Yi ^a   Cohen, Jordi ^a,c   Boron, Walter F ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,c   Tajkhorshid, Emad ^a  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

AQP1; Aquaporin; CO2; Free energy profile; Gas channels; Gas permeability; O2

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIGAND; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SIMULATION;

AQUAPORIN 1; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL MEMBRANE; GASES; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33847313314     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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