Hot-spot mapping of the interactions between chymosin and bovine κ-casein

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 7949-7959

  Sørensen, Jesper ^a,b,c   Palmer, David S ^a,d   Schiøtt, Birgit ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amber force field; binding; cheese; clotting; free energy calculations; milk; MM PBSA; molecular dynamics; mutation; selectivity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CASEIN; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CHEESES; ENZYMES; FREE ENERGY; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AMBER FORCE-FIELD; BINDING; CLOTTING; FREE-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; MILK; MM-PBSA; MUTATION;

BINDING ENERGY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84883174330     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf4021043     Document Type: Article

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