Role of tryptophan side chain dynamics on the Trp-cage mini-protein folding studied by molecular dynamics simulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan ^a,b   Zacharias, Martin ^c  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Agency for Science   (Singapore)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRP CAGE MINIPROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIDE CHAIN; VELOCITY;

HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84895509709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088383     Document Type: Article

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