Targeted molecular dynamics simulation studies of binding and conformational changes in E. coli MurD

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 243-254

  Perdih, Andrej ^a   Kotnik, Miha ^b   Hodoscek, Milan ^a   Solmajer, Tom ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b Lek dd   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Binding process; Domain movements; Molecular simulation; MurD; Targeted molecular dynamics (TMD)

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; LIGASE; PROTEIN MURD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPHYSICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34249904963     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21374     Document Type: Article

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