Modeling by assembly and molecular dynamics simulations of the low Cu 2+ occupancy form of the mammalian prion protein octarepeat region: Gaining insight into Cu2+-mediated β-cleavage

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5084-5091

  Pushie, M Jake ^a,b   Vogel, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COPPER; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 58149332705     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.139568     Document Type: Article

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