Microsecond Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Involved in the Oxidative Stress Response

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Cino, Elio A ^a   Wong ekkabut, Jirasak ^a,b   Karttunen, Mikko ^a,c   Choy, Wing Yiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KELCH LIKE ECH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; DRUG DERIVATIVE; KEAP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THYMOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREFORMED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMODYNAMICS; THYMOSIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859224210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027371     Document Type: Article

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