TY - T1 - Insights into the mechanism of membrane pyrophosphatases by combining experiment and computer simulation SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/190456 T3 - A1 - Shah, Nita R.; Wilkinson, Craig; Harborne, Steven P. D.; Turku, Ainoleena; Li, Kun-Mou; Sun, Yuh-Ju; Harris, Sarah; Goldman, Adrian A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Membrane-integral pyrophosphatases (mPPases) couple the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate (PPi) to the pumping of Na+, H+, or both these ions across a membrane. Recently solved structures of the Na+-pumping Thermotoga maritima mPPase (TmPPase) and H+-pumping Vigna radiata mPPase revealed the basis of ion selectivity between these enzymes and provided evidence for the mechanisms of substrate hydrolysis and ion-pumping. Our atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of TmPPase demonstrate that loop 5... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - H+-PYROPHOSPHATASE; PUMPING PYROPHOSPHATASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; FORCE-FIELD; ACIDOCALCISOMES; NA+; OVEREXPRESSION; CONSERVATION; STRESS; 116 Chemical sciences; 317 Pharmacy N1 - PP - ER -