Protein strain in blue copper proteins studied by free energy perturbations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-174

  De Kerpel, Jan O A ^a   Ryde, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entatic state theory; Induced rack theory; Molecular dynamics; Nitrite reductase; Plastocyanin

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPLEX; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PLASTOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CALIBRATION; CATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; ELECTROSTATICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRITE REDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASTOCYANIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0033180952     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990801)36:2<157::AID-PROT3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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