Loop propensity of the sequence YKGQP from staphylococcal nuclease: Implications for the folding of nuclease

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 679-692

  Patel, Sunita ^a   Sasidhar, Yellamraju U ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Free energy landscape; GROMOS96; Loop; Peptide; Protein folding; Staphylococcal nuclease; Turn

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; NUCLEASE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; TYROSINE; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLYCINE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 35348816793     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.907     Document Type: Article

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