Atomic-level characterization of transport cycle thermodynamics in the glycerol-3-phosphate:Phosphate antiporter

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Moradi, Mahmoud ^a   Enkavi, Giray ^a   Tajkhorshid, Emad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHATE;

COUPLING; ENERGY BALANCE; PHOSPHATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY; LIPID ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANTIPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLYCEROL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84942854331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9393     Document Type: Article

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