Hydration of a hydrophobic cavity and its functional role: A simulation study of human interleukin-1β

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 868-885

  Somani, Sandeep ^a,b   Chng, Choon Peng ^a,c   Verma, Chandra S ^a  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Correlated motions; Exchange pathway; Hydrophobic cavity; Interleukin 1 ; Molecular dynamics; Water clusters

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIMULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WATER;

CITRUS MAXIMA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34248572405     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21320     Document Type: Article

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