Functional implications of multistage copper binding to the prion protein

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 11576-11581

  Hodak, Miroslav ^a   Chisnell, Robin ^a   Lu, Wenchang ^a,b   Bernholc, J ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper attachment; Hybrid DFT; Metalloprotein; Misfolding; Neurodegenerative diseases

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; HISTIDINE; IMIDAZOLE; NITROGEN; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BINDING SITES; COPPER; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PRIONS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 67650860462     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903807106     Document Type: Article

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