Structural features of cholesteryl ester transfer protein: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 415-425

  Lei, Dongsheng ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Jiang, Shengbo ^a   Cai, Zhaodi ^a   Rames, Matthew J ^b   Zhang, Lei ^b   Ren, Gang ^b   Zhang, Shengli ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity; CETP; Hydrophobicity; MD simulations; Salt bridge; Structural flexibility

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CHLORIDES; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; WATER;

EID: 84873080954     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24200     Document Type: Article

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