Concerted movement in pH-dependent gating of FocA from molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2119-2131

  Feng, Zhiwei ^a   Hou, Tingjun ^a   Li, Youyong ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTONATION; SALMONELLA;

GATING FUNCTIONS; GATING MECHANISMS; MD SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; N-TERMINAL HELIX; PH CONDITION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FOCA PROTEIN, E COLI; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PH; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORMATES; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTONS;

EID: 84865491875     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci300250q     Document Type: Article

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