Cyclic β-Helical/β-Hairpin D,L-α-peptide: Study of its folding properties and structure refinement using molecular dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1852-1859

  Meier, Katharina ^a   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE BOUND; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOLDING PROPERTIES; LOWER ENERGIES; MD SIMULATION; META-STABLE STATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NMR MODELS; SOLVENT COMPOSITION; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS;

HYDROGEN BONDS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

PEPTIDES;

CHLOROFORM; CYCLOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CHLOROFORM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 77249095895     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp906218f     Document Type: Article

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