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SYLS: Life Sciences on the Nanometer Scale - Physics Meets Biology

SYLS 1: Symposium "Life Sciences on the Nanometer Scale - Physics Meets Biology"

SYLS 1.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 14:00–14:30, H 37

Aquaporin Proteins: Perfect filters — •Helmut Grubmüller and Bert L. de Groot — Theoretische und computergestützte Biophysik
MPI für biophysikalische Chemie, 37075 Göttingen

Aquaporins are highly selective water channels. Molecular dynamics simulations of water permeation correctly predict the permeation rate, explain why these channels are so efficient, and suggest that protons are blocked by an electrostatic barrier.