The protonation state of the catalytic aspartates in plasmepsin II

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4120-4124

  Friedman, Ran ^a   Caflisch, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Malaria; Molecular dynamics; Plasmepsin; Proplasmepsin; Protonation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMEPSIN II;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROGEN BOND; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLASMODIUM; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 34547676072     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.07.033     Document Type: Article

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