Water dynamics clue to key residues in protein folding

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-99

  Gao, Meng ^a   Zhu, Huaiqiu ^a   Yao, Xin Qiu ^a,b   She, Zhen Su ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Key residues; Protein folding; Trp cage; Water dynamics

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACIDS; ENTROPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; WATER;

EID: 75049085133     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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