Temperature-dependent folding pathways of Pin1 WW domain: An all-atom molecular dynamics simulation of a Gō model

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2152-2161

  Luo, Zhonglin ^a   Ding, Jiandong ^a   Zhou, Yaoqi ^b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Indiana University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIN1 WW PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34548778164     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.102095     Document Type: Article

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