Dynamic Fluctuations Provide the Basis of a Conformational Switch Mechanism in Apo Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Aykaç Fas, Burcu ^a   Tutar, Yusuf ^b   Haliloǧlu, Türkan ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DNA; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

ACTIVATION MECHANISMS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL SWITCHES; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN; INTER-DOMAIN; PROTEIN MONOMERS; RECEPTORS PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES; SWITCH MECHANISM; TWO DOMAINS;

DIMERS;

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DIMER; DNA; MONOMER;

ALGORITHM; ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; KERNEL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84880774061     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003141     Document Type: Article

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