Testing β-helix terminal coils stability by targeted substitutions with non-proteogenic amino acids: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-189

  Zanuy, David ^a   Rodríguez Ropero, Francisco ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c   Alemán, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

helix proteins; sheet conformation; Molecular dynamics; Nanotechnological applications; Oligopeptides; Peptide nanotubes; Structural motifs; Unnatural synthetic amino acids

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA AMINO ACID; DEHYDROALANINE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; GALACTOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL BOND; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY BALANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35148826967     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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