Calcium binding to the purple membrane:A molecular dynamics study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-681

  Wassenaar, Tsjerk A ^a   Daura, Xavier ^b   Padros, Esteve ^b   Mark, Alan E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Bond valence sum; Cat ion binding; Model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CALCIUM ION; SCHIFF BASE; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPLE MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLUTAMIC ACID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PURPLE MEMBRANE; SCHIFF BASES;

EID: 59849113781     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22182     Document Type: Article

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