Self-guided Langevin dynamics study of regulatory interactions in NtrC

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1007-1019

  Damjanović, Ana ^a,b   García Moreno E , Bertrand ^a   Brooks, Bernard R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostery; Conformational transitions; NtrC; Self guided Langevin dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SELF GUIDED LANGEVIN DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 68149155963     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22439     Document Type: Article

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