Computational Observation of an Ion Permeation Through a Channel Protein

Bioscience Reports - Tập 18 - Trang 39-48 - 1998
Atushi Suenaga1, Yuto Komeiji2, Masami Uebayasi3, Toshiyuki Meguro1, Minoru Saito4, Ichiro Yamato1
1Department of Biological Science and Technology, Science University of Tokyo, Noda-shi, Chiba Japan
2Supermolecular Science Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
3Specific Metabolism Laboratory, National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
4Parallel Application Laboratory, Real World Computing Partnership, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Tóm tắt

The ion permeation process, driven by a membrane potential through an outer membrane protein, OmpF porin of Escherichia coli, was simulated by molecular dynamics. A Na+ ion, initially placed in the solvent region at the outer side of the porin channel, moved along the electric field passing through the porin channel in a 1.3 nsec simulation; the permeation rate was consistent with the experimentally estimated channel activity (108∼109/sec). In this simulation, it was indicated that the ion permeation through the porin channel proceeds by a “push-out” mechanism, and that Asp113 is an important residue for the channel activity.

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