Tight knots in proteins: Can they block the mitochondrial pores

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 620-624

  Szymczak, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Knot; Mitochondrion; Molecular dynamics; Protein translocation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TIGHT KNOT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS;

EID: 84875395009     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120261     Document Type: Review

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