Bioinformatic analysis and molecular modelling of human ameloblastin suggest a two-domain intrinsically unstructured calcium-binding protein

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-134

  Vymětal, Jiří ^a   Slabý, Ivan ^b   Spahr, Axel ^c   Vondrášek, Jiří ^a   Lyngstadaas, S Petter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ameloblastin; Bioinformatic modelling; Calcium; Intrinsically unstructured protein (IUP)

Indexed keywords

AMBN PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; ENAMEL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 40949121031     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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