Backbone relaxation coupled to the ionization of internal groups in proteins: A self-guided Langevin dynamics study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4091-4101

  Damjanović, Ana ^a,b   Wu, Xiongwu ^b   García Moreno E , Bertrand ^a   Brooks, Bernard R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PH; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 58149160375     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.130906     Document Type: Article

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