Protonation state of Asp30 exerts crucial influence over surface loop rearrangements responsible for NO release in nitrophorin 4

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5392-5398

  Menyhárd, Dóra K ^a   Keserü, György M ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heme protein; Molecular dynamics; pKa calculation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; HEME; NITRIC OXIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION;

ASPARAGINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEMEPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 25844490469     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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