Water Permeation Across Biological Membranes: Mechanism and Dynamics of Aquaporin-1 and GlpF
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Water permeation across biological membranes: mechanism and dynamics of aquaporin-1 and GlpF.
"Real time" molecular dynamics simulations of water permeation through human aquaporin-1 (AQP1) and the bacterial glycerol facilitator GlpF are presented. We obtained time-resolved, atomic-resolution models of the permeation mechanism across these highly selective membrane channels. Both proteins act as two-stage filters: Conserved fingerprint [asparagine-proline-alanine (NPA)] motifs form a se...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1062459