Modeling the structure of the StART domains of MLN64 and StAR proteins in complex with cholesterol

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2614-2630

  Murcia, Marta ^a   Faráldo Gómez, José D ^b   Maxfield, Frederick R ^a   Roux, Benoît ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Cholesterol release; Docking; Generalized Born; Homology modeling; Metastatic lymph node 64; Molecular dynamics; Steered molecular dynamics; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein related lipid transfer

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN MLN64; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATION; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33845571063     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M600232-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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