The Gating Mechanism of the Human Aquaporin 5 Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Janosi, Lorant ^a   Ceccarelli, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 5; HISTIDINE; MONOMER; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOW RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

AQUAPORIN 5; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84875639205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059897     Document Type: Article

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