Molecular basis for the structural stability of an enclosed β-barrel loop

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 475-489

  Tian, Pu ^a   Bernstein, Harris D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometrical constraint; Loop; MD simulation; Stability; barrel

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ESPP PROTEIN, E COLI; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 77956724036     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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