Implicit membrane treatment of buried charged groups: Application to peptide translocation across lipid bilayers

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1838, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2149-2159

  Lazaridis, Themis ^a   Leveritt III, John M ^a   Pebenito, Leo ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Cell penetrating peptides; Implicit solvent; Lipid bilayer; Molecular dynamics simulations; Voltage sensor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDE TRANSLOCATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARGININE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDES; IMPLICIT SOLVENT; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; VOLTAGE SENSOR;

ARGININE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84903699248     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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