Segmented Transition Pathway of the Signaling Protein Nitrogen Regulatory Protein C

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 823-836

  Lei, Ming ^a   Velos, Janice ^a   Gardino, Alexandra ^a   Kivenson, Alexsandr ^a   Karplus, Martin ^b,c   Kern, Dorothee ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

conformational transition; nitrogen regulatory protein C; quasi harmonic analysis; simulation; targeted molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN C; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 69449087027     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.065     Document Type: Article

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