Ab initio computational modeling of loops in G-protein-coupled receptors: Lessons from the crystal structure of rhodopsin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 673-690

  Mehler, Ernest L ^a   Hassan, Sergio A ^b   Kortagere, Sandhya ^a   Weinstein, Harel ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biased scaled collective variables; Calculation of loop structures in GPCRs; Continuum solvent model; Loops in rhodopsin; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RHODOPSIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 33746268446     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21022     Document Type: Article

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