Molecular dynamics simulation of SRP GTPases: Towards an understanding of the complex formation from equilibrium fluctuations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2222-2237

  Yang, Mingjun ^a   Zhang, Xin ^b   Han, Keli ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Overlap coefficient; Principal component analysis; Protein targeting reaction; Protein protein interaction; Signal recognition particle

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; 4.5S RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CELL RECEPTOR; FTSY PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIMULATION; ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; THERMUS;

HARNESS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; THERMUS;

EID: 77955839666     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22734     Document Type: Article

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