Simulating protein folding initiation sites using an alpha-carbon-only knowledge-based force field

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-342

  Buck, Patrick M ^a   Bystroff, Christopher ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha carbon model; Brownian dynamics; Folding pathways; Hydrogen bond potential; Knowledge based potential; Local structure; Protein folding; Protein structure prediction; Simplified model; Statistical potential

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DONOR SITE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEN BOND; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 67650221686     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22348     Document Type: Article

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