The construction of an amino acid network for understanding protein structure and function

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1419-1439

  Yan, Wenying ^a   Zhou, Jianhong ^a   Sun, Maomin ^a   Chen, Jiajia ^a   Hu, Guang ^a   Shen, Bairong ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid network; Network properties; Protein structure and function; Software tools

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEOMICS;

AMINO ACID; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84901451274     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1710-6     Document Type: Review

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