Partitioning of amino acid side chains into lipid bilayers: Results from computer simulations and comparison to experiment

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 371-377

  MacCallum, Justin L ^a   Bennett, W F Drew ^a   Tieleman, D Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYCLOHEXANE; ION CHANNEL; OCTANOL;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOHEXANES; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OCTANOLS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 34247626293     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709745     Document Type: Review

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