MM/PBSA analysis of molecular dynamics simulations of bovine β-lactoglobulin: Free energy gradients in conformational transitions?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-103

  Fogolari, Federico ^a,e   Moroni, Elisabetta ^b   Wojciechowski, Marcin ^c   Baginski, Maciej ^c   Ragona, Laura ^d   Molinari, Henriette ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colony energy; Loop dynamics; MM PBSA; Poisson Boltzmann; lactoglobulin

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPOCALIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COW; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 14644441639     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20384     Document Type: Article

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