Allosteric coupling and conformational fluctuations in proteins

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-115

  Onaran, H Ongun ^a   Costa, Tommaso ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allosteric coupling; Conformational fluctuation; COREX algorithm; Native ensemble; Protein function; Protein substates

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLOSTERISM; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BINDING SITES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 65649102991     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920309787847644     Document Type: Review

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