Energetic selection of topology in ferredoxins

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kim, J Dongun ^a,b   Rodriguez Granillo, Agustina ^c   Case, David A ^a,d   Nanda, Vikas ^c   Falkowski, Paul G ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN BONDS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOPOLOGY;

ANCIENT PROTEINS; BOUND IONS; BOUND METALS; HEPTAPEPTIDES; IRON-SULPHUR CLUSTERS; METAL CENTRES; PROTEIN EVOLUTION; RIGHT HANDED; SIMPLE++; ]+ CATALYST;

PEPTIDES;

CYSTEINE; FERREDOXIN; HEPTAPEPTIDE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROLINE; SULFUR;

ALPHA SHEET; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERREDOXINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84861150245     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002463     Document Type: Article

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