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J Fonseca1, S Kaya, S Guennoun
1School of EECS, Russ College of Eng. & Tech., Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
Abstract:
The present work establishes a unique framework for the simulation study of ion-motive pumps in general and the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase, or sodium pump, in particular. We shall discuss the implications of electrostatic analysis, valence calculations, and protein cavity data, each carried over data extracted from molecular dynamics simulations, on the structure-function relationship of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase. These diverse set of tools will be used to investigate atomic-level characteristics that remain undetermined such as ion binding and accessibility.
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