How well can simulation predict protein folding kinetics and thermodynamics?

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 34, Issue , 2005, Pages 43-69

  Snow, Christopher D ^a   Sorin, Eric J ^a   Rhee, Young Min ^a   Pande, Vijay S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding rate; Molecular dynamics; Pfold; Reaction coordinate; Transition state ensemble

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; WATER;

BIOPHYSICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOSITY;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 20544464457     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.34.040204.144447     Document Type: Review

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