Folding of Trp-cage mini protein using temperature and biasing potential replica-exchange molecular dynamics simulations

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1121-1137

  Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan ^a   Zacharias, Martin ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformational sampling; Molecular dynamics simulation; Protein folding; Replica exchange

Indexed keywords

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CONFORMATIONAL SAMPLING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPLICA EXCHANGE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOFTWARE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 63449088579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10031121     Document Type: Article

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