Electrostatic contribution to the thermodynamic and kinetic stability of the homotrimeric coiled coil Lpp-56: A computational study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 810-822

  Bjelić, Saša ^a   Wieninger, Silke ^b,c   Jelesarov, Ilian ^a   Karshikoff, Andrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Electrostatic interactions; Molecular dynamics; Protein stability; Salt bridge; Unfolding kinetics

Indexed keywords

LPP 56 PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIPOPROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 38549132443     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21585     Document Type: Article

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