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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
卷 1661, 期 1, 页码 26-39出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.11.019
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The stability of the KcsA channel accommodating more than one ion in the pore has been studied with molecular dynamics. We have used the very last X-ray structure of the KcsA channel at 2.0-Angstrom resolution determined by Zhou et al. [Nature 414 (2001) 43]. In this channel, six of the seven experimentally evidenced sites have been considered. We show that the protein remains very stable in the presence of four K+ ions (three in the selectivity filter and one in the cavity). The locations and the respective distances of the different K+ ions and water molecules (W), calculated within our KWKWKK sequence, also fits well with the experimental observations. The analysis of the K+ ions and water molecules displacements shows concerted file motions on the simulated time scale ( approximate to 1 ns), which could act as precursor to the diffusion of K+ ions inside the channel. A simple one-dimensional dynamical model is used to interpret the concerted motions of the ions and water molecules in the pore leading ultimately to ion transfer. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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