Molecular dynamics simulations of peptide fragments from hen lysozyme: Insight into non-native protein conformations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 703-719

  Smith, Lorna J ^a   Mark, Alan E ^b   Dobson, Christopher M ^a   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Denatured protein; Molecular dynamics; NMR spectroscopy; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032563310     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1892     Document Type: Article

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