Prediction of folding mechanism for circular-permuted proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 311, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 879-890

  Clementi, Cecilia ^a   Jennings, Patricia A ^b   Onuchic, José N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular permuted protein; Molecular dynamics simulations; Protein folding; Transition state

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CIRCULAR PERMUTED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CI2; PROTEIN SH3; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 0035943433     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4871     Document Type: Article

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