Increased Rigidity of Eglin c at Acidic pH: Evidence from NMR Spin Relaxation and MD Simulations

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 47, 2003, Pages 13856-13868

  Hu, Hao ^a   Clarkson, Michael W ^a   Hermans, Jan ^a   Lee, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFORMATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH EFFECTS; SOLUTIONS;

DESTABILIZATION; SPIN RELAXATION;

ENZYMES;

EGLIN C;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEECHES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; PROTONS; SERPINS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345707599     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi035015z     Document Type: Article

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