Realistic simulations of the coupling between the protomotive force and the mechanical rotation of the F0-ATPase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 14876-14881

  Mukherjee, Shayantani ^a   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Chemiosmotic; F0F1 ATP synthase; Molecular motors

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARGININE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; COARSE GRAINED MODEL; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROTATION; SIMULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; ROTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84866280235     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212841109     Document Type: Article

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