Structure and functional features of olive pollen pectin methylesterase using homology modeling and molecular docking methods

Journal of Molecular Modeling

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4965-4984

  Jimenez Lopez, Jose C ^a,c   Kotchoni, Simeon O ^b   Rodríguez García, María I ^c   Alché, Juan D ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergen; Cell wall; Homology modeling; Molecular docking; Olea europaea l.; Pectin; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PECTIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OLIVE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLEA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84870599077     PISSN: 16102940     EISSN: 09485023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-012-1492-2     Document Type: Article

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