Free energy surfaces of miniproteins with a ββα motif: Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulation with an implicit solvation model

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 663-671

  Jang, Soonmin ^a   Kim, Eunae ^b   Pak, Youngshang ^b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Free energy surface; Implicit solvation; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN 1FSD; PROTEIN 1PSV; PROTEIN BBA5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SOLVATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEIGHT;

CALORIMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 31944443456     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20771     Document Type: Article

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