Ferric uptake regulator protein: Binding free energy calculations and per-residue free energy decomposition

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-386

  Ahmad, Rafi ^a   Brandsdal, Bjorn Olav ^a   Michaud Soret, Isabelle ^b,c,d   Willassen, Nils Peder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Dimerization; DNA binding; Ferric uptake regulator; Free energy calculations; Iron; Metalloregulatory protein; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; ZINC; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIMULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 65949100228     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22247     Document Type: Article

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