Coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations of transmembrane protein-lipid systems

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2393-2420

  Spijker, Peter ^a,c   van Hoof, Bram ^a,b   Debertrand, Michel ^a,b   Markvoort, Albert J ^a   Vaidehi, Nagarajan ^b   Hilbers, Peter A J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

helices; Coarse grained; Hydrophobic mismatch; Molecular dynamics; Transmembrane proteins; WALP peptides

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; COARSE GRAINED MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TILTING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

Α-HELICES; COARSE GRAINED; HYDROPHOBIC MISMATCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS; WALP-PEPTIDES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 77954799754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11062393     Document Type: Article

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