Stability of single sheet GNNQQNY aggregates analyzed by replica exchange molecular dynamics: Antiparallel versus parallel association

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1036-1041

  Vitagliano, Luigi ^a   Esposito, Luciana ^a   Pedone, Carlo ^a   De Simone, Alfonso ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Neurodegenerative diseases; Protein aggregation; Yeast prion

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GLYCYLASPARAGINYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTYROSINE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 56349091416     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.039     Document Type: Article

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