The investigation of interactions of κ-Hefutoxin1 with the voltage-gated potassium channels: A computational simulation

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1441-1449

  Zarrabi, M ^a   Naderi Manesh, H ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hefutoxin1; Computational simulation; Docking; Interactions; Potassium channel; Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; DISULFIDE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; KAPPA HEFUTOXIN 1; LYSINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.3; THREONINE; TOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HETEROMETRUS FLUVIPES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCORPION; SIMULATION; SURFACE CHARGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KV1.2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KV1.3 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SCORPION VENOMS;

HETEROMETRUS; RUMEX; SCORPIONES;

EID: 42449145154     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21833     Document Type: Article

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