Structural and dynamic features of apolipoprotein A-I cysteine mutants, Milano and Paris, in synthetic HDL

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-414

  Rocco, Alessandro Guerini ^a   Sensi, Cristina ^a   Gianazza, Elisabetta ^a   Calabresi, Laura ^a   Franceschini, Guido ^a   Sirtori, Cesare R ^a   Eberini, Ivano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein A I; Computer simulation; Lipoproteins; Molecular models; Mutation; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR MODELS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHYMASE; CYSTEINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMODIMER; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 78649508974     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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