Structural basis of specific binding between Aurora A and TPX2 by molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2626-2635

  Cheng, Yuanhua ^a,b   Zhang, Fushi ^a   Chen, Quan ^b   Gao, Jian ^b   Cui, Wei ^b   Ji, Mingjuan ^b   Tung, Chen Ho ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

BINDING FREE ENERGY; ENERGY DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FREE-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; INTRA-MOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN-PROTEIN BINDING; SECONDARY STRUCTURES;

BINDING ENERGY;

AURORA KINASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TPX2 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 80054913387     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci2002439     Document Type: Article

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