The structural basis of water permeation and proton exclusion in aquaporins (Review)

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 366-374

  Fu, Dax ^a   Lu, Min ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Mechanisms underlying water permeation; Membrane permeability; Membrane protein; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTON; WATER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; WATER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548060640     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680701446965     Document Type: Review

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