Recognition of ribonuclease A by 3′-5′-pyrophosphate-linked dinucleotide inhibitors: A molecular dynamics/continuum electrostatics analysis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1659-1672

  Polydoridis, Savvas ^a   Leonidas, Demetres D ^b   Oikonomakos, Nikos G ^b   Archontis, Georgios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' PHOSPHO 2' DEOXYURIDEIN 3 PYROPHOSPHATE(P-5)ADENOSINE 3 PHOSPHATE; DINUCLEOTIDE; LIGAND; PYROPHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 33847768547     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.093419     Document Type: Article

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