Comparison of the transition states for folding of two Ig-like proteins from different superfamilies

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1111-1123

  Geierhaas, Christian D ^a   Paci, Emanuele ^b   Vendruscolo, Michele ^c   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

folding nucleus; phi value; protein folding; restrained molecular dynamics simulation; transition state ensemble

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TENASCIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 5144220785     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.100     Document Type: Article

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