Solvent density and long-range dipole field around a DNA-binding protein studied by molecular dynamics

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-206

  Higo, Junichi ^a   Kono, Hidetoshi ^b,d   Nakamura, Haruki ^c   Sarai, Akinori ^b  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

434 Cro protein; Crystal water; Periodic boundary condition; Poisson Boltzmann's equation; Protein hydration; Protein DNA interaction; Solvent dipole

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034257122     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000801)40:2<193::AID-PROT30>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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