Understanding ion conductance on a molecular level: an all-atom modeling of the bacterial porin OmpF.

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All-atom molecular dynamics simulations of the ion current through OmpF, the major porin in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli, were performed. Starting from the crystal structure, the all-atom modeling allows us to calculate a parameter-free ion conductance in semiquantitative agreement with experiment. Discrepancies between modeling and experiment occur, e.g., at salt concentrations above 1 M KCl or at high...

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