Molecular dynamics simulation of the acidic compact state of apomyoglobin from yellowfin tuna

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-290

  Bismuto, Ettore ^a,b   Maggio, Emiddio Di ^a   Pleus, Stefan ^c   Sikor, Martin ^d   Rocker, Carlheinz ^c   Nienhaus, G Ulrich ^c,e   Lamb, Don C ^d,e  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic A state; Acrylamide fluorescence quenching; Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; Frequency domain fluorometry; Molecular unfolding simulation; Molten globule state

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; APOMYOGLOBIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; APOPROTEIN; FISH PROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPERM WHALE; TEMPERATURE; TUNA; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

PHYSETERIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

ACRYLAMIDE; ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISH PROTEINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TUNA;

EID: 59449092142     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22149     Document Type: Article

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