Allosteric Communication in Dihydrofolate Reductase: Signaling Network and Pathways for Closed to Occluded Transition and Back

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 250-266

  Chen, Jie ^a   Dima, Ruxandra I ^b   Thirumalai, D ^a,c  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

allosteric transition; Brownian dynamics; DHFR; self organized polymer model; signaling network

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; KINETICS; MET20 LOOP; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35348942279     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.047     Document Type: Article

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