Molecular dynamics of amicyanin reveals a conserved dynamical core for blue copper proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 961-971

  Rizzuti, Bruno ^a   Sportelli, Luigi ^a   Guzzi, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amicyanin; Blue copper proteins; Cupredoxins; Dynamical core; Essential dynamics; Molecular dynamics; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AMICYANIN; AZURIN; COPPER PROTEIN; PLASTOCYANIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; COPPER BINDING PROTEIN; COPPER-BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PARACOCCUS VERSUTUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PARACOCCUS VERSUTUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 61449248178     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22204     Document Type: Article

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