Metal binding sites of human H-chain ferritin and iron transport mechanism to the ferroxidase sites: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1042-1050

  Laghaei, Rozita ^a   Evans, Deborah G ^b   Coalson, Rob D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

All atom MD; Catalytic site; Four fold channel; Ion channels; Three fold channel

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

APOFERRITINS; BINDING SITES; CATIONS; CERULOPLASMIN; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SODIUM;

EID: 84878128947     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24251     Document Type: Article

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