Folding mechanism of β-hairpins studied by replica exchange molecular simulations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 672-685

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Qin, Meng ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

hairpin; Folding mechanism; Replica exchange method; trpzip2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 31944442794     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20813     Document Type: Article

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