Studying pressure denaturation of a protein by molecular dynamics simulations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1641-1651

  Sarupria, Sapna ^a   Ghosh, Tbhin ^a   García, Angel E ^a,b   Garde, Shekhar ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Free energy of unfolding; Molecular dynamics; Partial molar volume; Pressure denaturation; Protein hydration; Staphylococcal nuclease; Water insertion

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; HYDRATION; HYPERBARISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PRESSURE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 77951232650     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22680     Document Type: Article

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