Controlling the secondary-structure-forming tendencies of proteins by a backbone torsion-energy term

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-158

  Sakae, Yoshitake ^a   Okamoto, Yuko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dihedral angle; Folding simulation; Force field; Secondary structure; Torsion energy

Indexed keywords

DIHEDRAL ANGLES; DOUBLE FOURIER SERIES; ENERGY MODIFICATION; ENERGY SURFACE; FORCE FIELDS; NATURAL REPRESENTATION; PROTEIN SYSTEM; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; TORSION ENERGY;

AMBER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TORSIONAL STRESS;

EID: 77049092764     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020903124601     Document Type: Article

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