Molecular dynamics simulations of synthetic peptide folding

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-214

  Sung, Shen Shu ^a   Wu, Xiong Wu ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

helical ratio; hydrophobic interaction; multiple minima problem; side chain backbone hydrogen bonding; single residue substitution; solvent referenced potential

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VALINE;

EID: 0030006074     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199606)25:2<202::AID-PROT6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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