Folding, stability and shape of proteins in crowded Environments: Experimental and computational approaches

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 572-588

  Samiotakis, Antonios ^a   Wittung Stafshede, Pernilla ^b   Cheung, Margaret S ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy landscape theory; Excluded volume effect; Ficoll 70; Macromolecular crowding; Off lattice model; Protein folding mechanism; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PHOSMET;

CROWDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

ENERGY LANDSCAPE THEORY; EXCLUDED VOLUME EFFECT; FICOLL® 70; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; OFF-LATTICE MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING MECHANISM; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAVODOXIN; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 61449196621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10020572     Document Type: Review

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