How Ionic Strength Affects the Conformational Behavior of Human and Rat Beta Amyloids - A Computational Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kříž, Zdeněk ^a   Klusák, Jiří ^a   Krištofíková, Zdena ^b   Koča, Jaroslav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84878145221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062914     Document Type: Article

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