Molecular dynamics simulations of inwardly rectifying (Kir) potassium channels: A comparative study

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3643-3652

  Haider, Shozeb ^a,c   Khalid, Syma ^a   Tucker, Stephen J ^b   Ashcroft, Frances M ^b   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCAL DISTORTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYERS; TRANSMEMBRANE;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARGININE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR1.1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR3.1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.2; LYSINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33947709389     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi062210f     Document Type: Article

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