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ArticleBiophysical journal2008

Double bilayers and transmembrane gradients: a molecular dynamics study of a highly charged peptide.

Elizabeth J Denning, Thomas B Woolf

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  4. Energetics of Multi-Ion Conduction Pathways in Potassium Ion Channels.Journal of chemical theory and computation · 2013
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2 authors.

Elizabeth J DenningDepartment of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Thomas B Woolf

Funding

Structure and Affinity: Computing FABP-Lipid SelectivityR01GM064746 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WOOLF, THOMAS B · 2003 to 2006
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM064746NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM064746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The position and extent of movement of a charged peptide within a membrane bilayer provides much controversy. In our study, we have examined the nature of the highly charged helix-turn-helix motif (S3b and S4) to address how a highly charged peptide is stabilized within a bilayer in the presence of various transmembrane electrical potentials. Our double-bilayer simulation results show how the variation of the salt concentrations between the inner and outer bath establishes a transmembrane potential. Our results also show that important features of the peptide affected by changes in electrical potential are the center of mass depth, the swivel/kink degrees of conformation, and the hydrogen-bonding patterns. As the voltage gradient across the bilayer increased, the center of mass of the peptide shifted in a direction toward the outer bath. The peptide also has a higher percent helical content and the swivel/kink conformation is more rigid for nonpolarized systems where no voltage drop occurred between salt baths. Our results also provide some suggestions for how this domain may be affected by environmental changes as part of the voltage sensor in a K-channel.

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ElectricityHelix-Turn-Helix MotifsMembrane PotentialsModels, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceHydrogen BondingLipid BilayersMolecular Sequence DataPeptidesPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedSolventsWaterLipid BilayersPeptidesPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedSolventsWater

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PMID18586841
PMCPMC2547445

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