The conformational transition pathways of ATP-binding cassette transporter BtuCD revealed by targeted molecular dynamics simulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Weng, Jingwei ^a   Fan, Kangnian ^a   Wang, Wenning ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN BTUCD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BTUC PEPTIDE, E COLI; BTUD PEPTIDE, E COLI; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84855849842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030465     Document Type: Article

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