Enhancement of proton conductance by mutations of the selectivity filter of aquaporin-1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 407, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 607-620

  Li, Hui ^a,b   Chen, Hanning ^b   Steinbronn, Christina ^c   Wu, Binghua ^c   Beitz, Eric ^c   Zeuthen, Thomas ^d   Voth, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aquaporin; ion permeation; molecular dynamics; proton transport; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AQUAPORIN 1; ASPARAGINE; CATION; HYDRONIUM ION; PROLINE; PROTON; SODIUM ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; ION PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS;

EID: 79952449205     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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