Preventing misfolding of the prion protein by trimethylamine N-oxide

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 41, 2004, Pages 12955-12963

  Bennion, Brian J ^a,b   DeMarco, Mari L ^a   Daggett, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CELLS; COPPER; DISEASES; FORMING; HYDROGEN BONDS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES;

GLOBULAR STATE; GYRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION;

PORT STRUCTURES;

HYDROGEN; PRION PROTEIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; WATER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHYLAMINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 5444232817     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0486379     Document Type: Article

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