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ID103685
Property Distance between water molecules in aquaporin-family protein
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Value 3.2
Range
Units Angstrom
Reference Stroud RM, Miercke LJ, O'Connell J, Khademi S, Lee JK, Remis J, Harries W, Robles Y, Akhavan D. Glycerol facilitator GlpF and the associated aquaporin family of channels. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2003 Aug13(4):424-31. Fig. 6
Reference PubMed ID 12948772
Entered By Uri M
Primary SourceM.J. Borgnia, D. Kozono, G. Calamita, P.C. Maloney and P. Agre, Functional reconstitution and characterization of AqpZ, the E. coli water channel protein. J Mol Biol 291 (1999), pp. 1169–1179.
Primary Source PubMed ID 10518952
Measurement Method 
Keywords aqua(glycero)porins, aquaporin, membranal channel, membranal protein, membrane permeation,
CommentsSeven to nine water molecules form a single file in the 20 Å constriction region of the channel.
Date Added Mar 17, 2009 8:46 AM
Date Edited Mar 26, 2009 7:41 AM
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