Dynamic charge interactions create surprising rigidity in the ER/K α-helical protein motif

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

Volumn 105, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 13356-13361

  Sivaramakrishnan, Sivaraj ^a   Spink, Benjamin J ^a   Sim, Adelene Y L ^a   Doniach, Sebastian ^a   Spudich, James A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Md simulations; Protein structure; Single molecule analysis; Small angle x ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARGININE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 51649115555     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806256105     Document Type: Article

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