Study of the insulin dimerization: Binding free energy calculations and per-residue free energy decomposition

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-93

  Zoete, Vincent ^a,b   Meuwly, Markus ^b   Karplus, Martin ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding free energy; Continuum model; Free energy decomposition; GB MV2; Insulin; Insulin dimerization; MM GBSA; Molecular dynamics; Protein association

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; GAS; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; INSULIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 24344456625     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20528     Document Type: Article

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