Interactions of iron-sulfur clusters with small peptides: Insights into early evolution

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-61

  Hong Enriquez, Rolando P ^a   Do, Trang N ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational optimization; Docking; Hydrothermal vents; Iron sulfur cluster; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; CONFORMATIONAL SPACE; HIGH AFFINITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; STABLE COMPLEXES; TEMPERATURE REGIONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; DOCKING; HOT SPRINGS; IRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SULFUR;

PEPTIDES;

IRON; PEPTIDE; SULFUR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; IRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84868676076     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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