New insights into protein (Un)folding dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1082-1086

  Cote, Yoann ^a   Maisuradze, Gia G ^b   Delarue, Patrice ^a   Scheraga, Harold A ^b   Senet, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

correlations between the motions of the side chains and main chain; intrinsically disordered proteins; molecular dynamics simulations; steric parameter; unfolded state

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; REACTION KINETICS;

INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MAIN CHAINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; STERIC PARAMETERS; UNFOLDED STATE;

PROTEINS;

INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TRP-CAGE PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84925275020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00055     Document Type: Article

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