Protein segments with conformationally restricted amino acids can control supramolecular organization at the nanoscale

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1623-1629

  Zanuy, David ^a   Ballano, Gema ^b   Jiménez, Ana I ^b   Casanovas, Jordi ^c   Haspel, Nurit ^d,e   Cativiela, Carlos ^b   Curcó, David ^f   Nussinov, Ruth ^g   Alemán, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d Rice University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CONFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CLASSICAL PARTICLE; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEWTON'S EQUATIONS; PROTEIN SEGMENTS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SUPRAMOLECULAR ORGANIZATIONS;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; GALACTOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NANOMATERIAL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 68549083569     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci9001487     Document Type: Article

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