Molecular-dynamics simulations of ELIC - A prokaryotic homologue of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4502-4513

  Cheng, Xiaolin ^a   Ivanov, Ivaylo ^b,c   Wang, Hailong ^d   Sine, Steven M ^d   McCammon, J Andrew ^b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Diego   (United States)

^d MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE DERIVATIVE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HYDRATION; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PROKARYOTE; SIMULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MOTION; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; MUTATION; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; WATER;

EID: 68949105566     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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