Structural analysis of Pla protein from the biological warfare agent Yersinia pestis: Docking and molecular dynamics of interactions with the mammalian plasminogen system

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 477-484

  Ruback, Eduardo ^a   Lobo, Leandro Araujo ^a   França, Tanos Celmar Costa ^b   Pascutti, Pedro Geraldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Docking; Molecular dynamics; Plague; Plasmin; Proteases

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN PLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84879249864     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: 15380254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2012.703072     Document Type: Article

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