Unfolding Pathways of Goat α-Lactalbumin as Revealed in Multiple Alignment of Molecular Dynamics Trajectories

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1354-1364

  Oroguchi, Tomotaka ^a,b   Ikeguchi, Mitsunori ^b   Ota, Motonori ^c   Kuwajima, Kunihiro ^a,d,e   Kidera, Akinori ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

molecular dynamics simulation; protein unfolding pathway; trajectory alignment; transition state; value

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; GOAT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 34547597337     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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