Computational studies of LXR molecular interactions reveal an allosteric communication pathway

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 294-306

  Burendahl, Sofia ^a   Nilsson, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allosteric signaling; Ligand binding; Liver X receptor; Molecular dynamics; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; LIVER X RECEPTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALLOSTERIC SITE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATORS; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RETINOID X RECEPTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 83555179124     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.23209     Document Type: Article

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