Steered molecular dynamics simulations on the "tail helix latch" hypothesis in the gelsolin activation process

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 753-762

  Cheng, Feng ^a   Shen, Jianhua ^a,b   Luo, Xiaomin ^a   Jiang, Hualiang ^a,b   Chen, Kaixian ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELSOLIN; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; LEUCINE;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GELSOLIN; HYDROGEN BONDING; LEUCINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035996996     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75206-5     Document Type: Article

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