De Novo molecular modeling and biophysical characterization of Manduca sexta eclosion hormone

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 9047-9060

  Hull, J Joe ^a,b   Copley, Kathrin S ^a   Schegg, Kathleen M ^a   Quilici, David R ^a   Schooley, David A ^a   Welch, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDES; AMINO ACID PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; BOMBYX MORI; C-TERMINUS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; CONFORMATIONAL SPACE; DISULFIDE BONDS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION SPECTRA; HELICAL CONTENT; HYDROGEN-DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE; HYDROPHOBIC CLUSTERS; HYPOTHETICAL STRUCTURES; IN-SILICO; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; MANDUCA SEXTA; SECONDARY STRUCTURE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE CONSERVATION; SOLUTION STRUCTURES; SOLVENT EXPOSURE; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; CONFORMATIONS; DEUTERIUM; DICHROISM; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; QUENCHING;

AMINES;

ACRYLAMIDE; CYSTEINE; DEUTERIUM; ECLOSION HORMONE; HORMONE; HORMONE ANALOG; HYDROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPOTHESIS; MANDUCA SEXTA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SILKWORM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BOMBYX; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 70349785251     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi901078y     Document Type: Article

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