Triggering loops and enzyme function: Identification of loops that trigger and modulate movements

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-159

  Gunasekaran, K ^a   Ma, Buyong ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Ligand binding mechanism; Molecular dynamics simulation; Protein flexibility; Triggering loops

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 GALATOSYLTRANSFERASE; ENOLASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIMULATION;

EID: 0043237705     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00893-3     Document Type: Article

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