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TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamics of ions in the selectivity filter of the KcsA channel
AU - Cosseddu, Salvatore M.
AU - Khovanov, I. A.
AU - Allen, Michael P.
AU - Rodger, P. Mark
AU - Luchinsky, Dmitrii G.
AU - McClintock, Peter V. E.
N1 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-02040-9
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - The statistical and dynamical properties of ions in the selectivity filter of the KcsA ion channel are considered on the basis of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the KcsA protein embedded in a lipid membrane surrounded by an ionic solution. A new approach to the derivation of a Brownian dynamics (BD) model of ion permeation through the filter is discussed, based on unbiased MD simulations. It is shown that depending on additional assumptions, ion’s dynamics can be described either by under-damped Langevin equation with constant damping and white noise or by Langevin equation with a fractional memory kernel. A comparison of the potential of the mean force de-rived from unbiased MD simulations with the potential produced by the umbrella sampling method demonstrates significant differences in these potentials. The origin of these differences is an open question that requires further clarifications.
AB - The statistical and dynamical properties of ions in the selectivity filter of the KcsA ion channel are considered on the basis of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the KcsA protein embedded in a lipid membrane surrounded by an ionic solution. A new approach to the derivation of a Brownian dynamics (BD) model of ion permeation through the filter is discussed, based on unbiased MD simulations. It is shown that depending on additional assumptions, ion’s dynamics can be described either by under-damped Langevin equation with constant damping and white noise or by Langevin equation with a fractional memory kernel. A comparison of the potential of the mean force de-rived from unbiased MD simulations with the potential produced by the umbrella sampling method demonstrates significant differences in these potentials. The origin of these differences is an open question that requires further clarifications.
U2 - 10.1140/epjst/e2013-02040-9
DO - 10.1140/epjst/e2013-02040-9
M3 - Journal article
VL - 222
SP - 2595
EP - 2605
JO - European Physical Journal - Special Topics
JF - European Physical Journal - Special Topics
SN - 1951-6355
IS - 10
ER -