The Dominant Folding Route Minimizes Backbone Distortion in SH3

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lammert, Heiko ^a   Noel, Jeffrey K ^a   Onuchic, José N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY;

CHAIN CONNECTIVITY; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; FOLDING MODELING; FOLDINGS; KEY CONSTRAINTS; NATIVE STRUCTURES; PROTEIN FOLDING MECHANISMS; PROTEIN FOLDINGS; ROBUST ENERGY; STRUCTURE-BASED;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEIN SH3;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870659790     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002776     Document Type: Article

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