Folding path and funnel scenarios for two small disulfide-bridged proteins

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 8195-8205

  Kondov, Ivan ^a   Verma, Abhinav ^a,c   Wenzel, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BASIN HOPPING; COOPERATIVE PROCESS; DISULFIDE BOND FORMATION; DISULFIDE BONDS; DISULFIDE BRIDGE; ENERGY CONFORMATION; FOLDING MECHANISM; FREE ENERGY SURFACE; INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; NONCOVALENT; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEGRIN-1; SINGLE PATH;

AMINES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FREE ENERGY; POTASSIUM;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEGRIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DISULFIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249132563     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900702m     Document Type: Article

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