Computational prediction of kink properties of helices in membrane proteins

Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-109

  Mai, T L ^a   Chen, C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computational prediction; Fold identification; Helical kinks; Molecular dynamics simulation; Quasi equilibrium heating

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; HEATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; FOLD IDENTIFICATION; HEATING PROCESS; HELICAL KINK; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATION; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM HEATING; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TRANSMEMBRANE HELIX;

FORECASTING;

AMINO ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HELICAL KINK; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN DATA BANK OF TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM HEATING PROCESS; SCORING SYSTEM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DATABASE;

DATABASES, PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

EID: 84898812971     PISSN: 0920654X     EISSN: 15734951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10822-014-9734-2     Document Type: Article

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