A dry ligand-binding cavity in a solvated protein

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6296-6301

  Qvist, Johan ^a   Davidovic, Monika ^a   Hamelberg, Donald ^b   Halle, Bertil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

lactoglobulin; Free energy simulation; Hydrophobic hydration; Magnetic relaxation dispersion

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN 17; WATER; APOPROTEIN; LACTOGLOBULIN; LIGAND; OXYGEN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ENERGY; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LACTOGLOBULINS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXYGEN; PROTONS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 44049083019     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709844105     Document Type: Article

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