Highly accurate method for ligand-binding site prediction in unbound state (apo) protein structures

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 468-479

  Morita, Mizuki ^a   Nakamura, Shugo ^a   Shimizu, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binding pocket; Conformational change; Energy based method; Induced fit; Molecular recognition; Protein ligand interaction; Substrate; Van der Waals interaction energy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGAND BINDING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

APOPROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; LIGANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 52249097805     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22067     Document Type: Article

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