Factors determining electrostatic fields in molecular dynamics simulations of the ras/effector interface

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3511-3524

  Ensign, Daniel L ^a   Webb, Lauren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics calculations; Molecular dynamics simulation; P21Ras; Vibrational stark effect spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITOR; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; ONCOGENE PROTEIN P21(RAS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAL GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 81055156290     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.23095     Document Type: Article

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