Drug export and allosteric coupling in a multidrug transporter revealed by molecular simulations

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Yao, Xin Qiu ^a   Kenzaki, Hiroo ^a   Murakami, Satoshi ^b,c   Takada, Shoji ^a,b,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN P; PROTEIN ACRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG TRANSPORT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650046142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1116     Document Type: Article

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