Modeling the third loop of short-chain snake venom neurotoxins: Roles of the short-range and long-range interactions

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-16

  Liu, Zhijie ^a   Li, Weizhong ^a   Zhang, Hongyu ^a   Han, Yuzhen ^a   Lai, Luhua ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Long range interactions; Loop modeling; Monte Carlo simulated annealing; Protein structure stability; Short range interactions; Snake venom neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

ERABUTOXIN B; NEUROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COBRA VENOMS; ERABUTOXINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE VENOMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SERPENTES;

EID: 0035189024     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0134(20010101)42:1<6::AID-PROT20>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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