Specific amino acid recognition by aspartyl-tRNA synthetase studied by free energy simulations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 823-846

  Archontis, Georgios ^a,d   Simonson, Thomas ^b   Moras, Dino ^a   Karplus, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Genetic code; Molecular dynamics; Molecular recognition; Protein electrostatics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ASPARTIC ACID; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENETIC CODE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032488817     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1470     Document Type: Article

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