Research Article

Molecular Dynamics Studies on the Conformational Transitions of Adenylate Kinase: A Computational Evidence for the Conformational Selection Mechanism

Figure 1

The three-dimensional structures of Escherichia coli adenylate kinase in the open (a) and closed (b) conformations. The crystal structures 4ake.pdb and 1ake.pdb are selected as the open and closed state of ADK, respectively. NMP (residues 30–67), CORE (residues 1–29, 68–117, and 161–214), and LID (residues 118–167) domains are colored in red, yellow, and blue, respectively.
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