How sequence directs bending in tropomyosin and other two-stranded alpha-helical coiled coils

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1366-1375

  Brown, Jerry H ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha helical coiled coil; Axial stagger; Bends; Gaps; Joints; Regulation of muscle contraction; Semi flexibility; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 77954003079     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.415     Document Type: Article

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