Molecular dynamics study of a hyperthermophilic and a mesophilic rubredoxin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-294

  Grottesi, Alessandro ^a   Ceruso, Marc Antoine ^a,b   Colosimo, Alfredo ^a   Di Nola, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Essential dynamics; Flexibility; Protein stability; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

RUBREDOXIN;

BIOCATALYST; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MYCOTOXINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RUBREDOXINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0037083630     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10045     Document Type: Article

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