Open interface and large quaternary structure movements in 3D domain swapped proteins: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations of the C-terminal swapped dimer of ribonuclease A

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 2003-2012

  Merlino, Antonello ^a,b   Ceruso, Marc Antoine ^c   Vitagliano, Luigi ^d   Mazzarella, Lelio ^a,b,d  

^a Centro Interdipartimentale Ricerca e Management   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MONOMER; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEASE A; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BOVINAE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC;

EID: 20444387408     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.048611     Document Type: Article

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