Molecular dynamics investigations of the α-helix to β-Barrel conformational transformation in the RfaH transcription factor

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5101-5108

  Gc, Jeevan B ^a   Bhandari, Yuba R ^a   Gerstman, Bernard S ^a   Chapagain, Prem P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION;

ALL-ATOM SIMULATIONS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS; FREE-ENERGY LANDSCAPE; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; REPLICA-EXCHANGE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; STRUCTURE TRANSFORMATIONS; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ELONGATION FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RFAH PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84900533934     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502193v     Document Type: Article

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