Computational design and experimental testing of the fastest-folding β-sheet protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Piana, Stefano ^a   Sarkar, Krishnarjun ^b   Lindorff Larsen, Kresten ^a   Guo, Minghao ^c   Gruebele, Martin ^b,c   Shaw, David E ^a,d  

^a D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

fluorescence; molecular dynamics; protein engineering; temperature jump; WW domain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FIP35 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN VARIANT; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650415889     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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