Exploration of partially unfolded states of human α-lactalbumin by molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 329-347

  Paci, Emanuele ^a,b   Smith, Lorna J ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a   Karplus, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human lactalbumin; Molecular dynamics; Molten globule; Protein denaturation; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0035895427     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4337     Document Type: Article

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