Predicting transmembrane helix pair configurations with knowledge-based distance-dependent pair potentials

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 984-999

  Wendel, Christina ^a   Gohlke, Holger ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coarse graining; Helix docking; Knowledge based potentials; Membrane proteins; Protein structure prediction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 38549107644     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21574     Document Type: Article

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