Comparison of the Transition State Ensembles for Folding of Im7 and Im9 Determined Using All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations with π Value Restraints

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 513-525

  Paci, Emanuele ^a   Friel, Claire T ^b   Lindorff Larsen, Kresten ^d   Radford, Sheena E ^b   Karplus, Martin ^c   Vendruscolo, Michele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN IMMUNITY PROTEINS; PROTEIN IM7; PROTEIN IM9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; PH; PHI VALUE RESTRAINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION STATE ENSEMBLE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLICINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1042279571     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10595     Document Type: Article

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