Effects of core-packing on the structure, function, and mechanics of a four-helix-bundle protein ROP

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 436-446

  Ceruso, Marc A ^a   Grottesi, Alessandro ^a   Di Nola, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha helix; Coiled coil; Hydrophobic; Molecular dynamics; Protein structure; RNA binding; Rom; Structure function relationships

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032808843     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990901)36:4<436::AID-PROT7>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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