The interface of protein-protein complexes: Analysis of contacts and prediction of interactions

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1059-1072

  Bahadur, R P ^a   Zacharias, M ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binding site prediction; Crystal packing; Nonspecific interaction; Protein interface description; Protein binding region; Protein protein docking; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; OLIGOMER; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; WATER; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ATOM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; WATER;

EID: 42449161827     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-7451-x     Document Type: Review

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