Protein misfolding and amyloid formation for the peptide GNNQQNY from yeast prion protein sup35: Simulation by reaction path annealing

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 648-658

  Lipfert, Jan ^a   Franklin, Joel ^b   Wu, Fang ^a   Doniach, Sebastian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Cross beta sheet; Onsager Machlup action; Reaction path annealing; Yeast prion

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GLYCYLASPARAGINYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTYROSINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOM; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 19444380574     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.083     Document Type: Article

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