Calculations of binding affinity between C8-substituted GTP analogs and the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1573-1580

  Hritz, Jozef ^a   Läppchen, Tilman ^b   Oostenbrink, Chris ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conformational selection; Ensemble average; FtsZ; GTP analogs; Heteronuclear coupling constant; One step free energy perturbation; Restraining free energy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649317138     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-010-0614-y     Document Type: Article

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