Structure based computational assessment of channel properties of assembled ORF-8a from SARS-CoV

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 300-308

  Hsu, Hao Jen ^a,b   Lin, Meng Han ^a   Schindler, Christina ^a,c   Fischer, Wolfgang B ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion selectivity; Membrane protein; Molecular dynamics simulations; ORF 8a; Protein assembly; SARS CoV; Viral ion channel

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORF 8A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SARS VIRUS; SODIUM; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84937559489     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24721     Document Type: Article

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