Direct computation of long time processes in peptides and proteins: Reaction path study of the coil-to-helix transition in polyalanine

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-261

  Huo, Shuanghong ^a   Straub, John E ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continuum solvation; Diffusion; Helix coil transition; Peptide dynamics; Polyalanine; Reaction paths

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0033181019     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990801)36:2<249::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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