Structural findings and molecular modeling approach of a TFPI-like inhibitor

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 452-457

  Pasqualoto, Kerly Fernanda Mesquita ^a   Balan, Andrea ^b   Barreto, Sandra Alves ^a   Simons, Simone Michaela ^a   Chudzinski Tavassi, Ana Marisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomin X; Circular dichroism; Molecular dynamics simulation; Molecular modeling; TFPI like inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMIN X; DISULFIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FACTOR XA; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICKS;

EID: 84896372833     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929866520666131210115334     Document Type: Article

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