Energetics and stability of transmembrane helix packing: A replica-exchange simulation with a knowledge-based membrane potential

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 539-552

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Xu, Ying ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Glycophorin A dimer; Helix helix interaction; Local energy minima; Membrane protein; Monte Carlo simulation; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; GLYCOPHORIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DRUG STABILITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 30144438735     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20774     Document Type: Article

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