On the metal ion (Zn2+, Cu2+) coordination with beta-amyloid peptide: DFT computational study

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-69

  Marino, T ^a   Russo, N ^a   Toscano, M ^a   Pavelka, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); amyloid peptide; DFT

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CATION; ION; METAL; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; IONS; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 77956626762     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-010-0086-x     Document Type: Article

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