Simulations of CRP:(cAMP)2 in noncrystalline environments show a subunit transition from the open to the closed conformation

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-71

  García, Angel E ^a   Harman, James G ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allosteric interactions; cAMP; CRP; molecular dynamics simulation in solution; molecular dynamics simulation in vacuo; molecule optimal dynamic coordinates; nonlinear dynamics; subunit reorientation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARCIA;

EID: 0030068480     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050108     Document Type: Article

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