Insight into the stability of cross-β amyloid fibril from VEALYL short peptide with molecular dynamics simulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ye, Wei ^a   Chen, Yue ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Yu, Qingfen ^a   Li, Yixue ^b   Zhang, Jian ^c   Chen, Hai Feng ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CROSS BETA AMYLOID FIBRIL; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; OLIGOMER; PENTAMER; PEPTIDE; POLYMER; TETRAMER; TRIMER; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; VALYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYLTYROSYLLEUCINE; INSULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN INTERSHEET; PROTEIN INTERSTRAND; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; POINT MUTATION;

AMYLOID; HUMANS; INSULIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PEPTIDES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 84861012177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036382     Document Type: Article

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