Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptides Containing an Unnatural Amino Acid: Dimerization, Folding, and Protein Binding

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 116-127

  Yu, Haibo ^a   Daura, Xavier ^a,b   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Molecular dynamics; Peptide dimerization; Peptide folding; Peptide protein binding; Unnatural amino acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYL ALANYL ALPHA (3 HYDRAZINOCARBONYL 4 METHOXYANILINO) ALPHA OXOACETYL ALANINE METHYLAMIDE; ACETYL-ALANYL-ALPHA-(3-HYDRAZINOCARBONYL-4-METHOXYANILINO)-ALPHA-OXOACETYL-ALANINE METHYLAMIDE; ALPHA (3 HYDRAZINOCARBONYL 4 METHOXYANILINO) ALPHA OXOACETIC ACID; ALPHA-(3-HYDRAZINOCARBONYL-4-METHOXYANILINO)-ALPHA-OXOACETIC ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CHLOROFORM; ISOPROPYLCARBONYL ALPHA (3 HYDRAZINOCARBONYL 4 METHOXYANILINO) ALPHA OXOACETYL 2,5 DIAZA 2 (2 CYANOETHYL) 5 PHENYLVALERYL PHENYLALANYL ISOLEUCYL LEUCINE METHYLAMIDE; ISOPROPYLCARBONYL-ALPHA-(3-HYDRAZINOCARBONYL-4-METHOXYANILINO)-ALPHA-OXOACETYL-2,5-DIAZA-2-(2-CYANOETHYL)-5-PHENYLVALERYL-PHENYLALANYL-ISOLEUCYL-LEUCINE METHYLAMIDE; METHANOL; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; RAP PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RAP1 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0346156101     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10502     Document Type: Article

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