Molecular dynamics simulations of human α-lactalbumin: Changes to the structural and dynamical properties of the protein at low pH

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-86

  Smith, Lorna J ^a,c   Dobson, Christopher M ^a   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Molten globule; Protein denaturation; Protein dynamics; Protein folding; Side chain disorder

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTALBUMIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033168453     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990701)36:1<77::AID-PROT7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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