Detection of pockets on protein surfaces using small and large probe spheres to find putative ligand binding sites

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 516-529

  Kawabata, Takeshi ^a   Go, Nobuhiro ^a,b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binding site; Geometry; Pocket; Probe sphere; Protein surface

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; LIGAND; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34250831648     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21283     Document Type: Article

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