The role of residue 50 and hydration water molecules in homeodomain DNA recognition

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 306-316

  Duan, Jianxin ^a   Nilsson, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Homeodomain; Hydration water; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0036656129     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0217-3     Document Type: Article

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