Elucidation of the glucose transport pathway in glucose transporter 4 via steered molecular dynamics simulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Sheena, Aswathy ^a   Mohan, Suma S ^a   Haridas, Nidhina Pachakkil A ^a   Anilkumar, Gopalakrishnapillai ^a  

^a AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; HYDROXYL GROUP; SUGAR; AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CYTOPLASM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 80053957237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025747     Document Type: Article

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