Distance between water molecules in aquaporin-family protein

Value 3.2 Angstrom
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
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. 6PubMed ID12948772
Primary Source M.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.PubMed ID10518952
Comments Seven to nine water molecules form a single file in the 20 Å constriction region of the channel.
Entered by Uri M
ID 103685