Water's role in the force-induced unfolding of ubiquitin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 19284-19289

  Li, Jingyuan ^a   Fernandez, Julio M ^a   Berne, B J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics simulation; Single molecule spectroscopy; Unfolding kinetics

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OXYGEN; UBIQUITIN; WATER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 78650617915     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013159107     Document Type: Article

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