The Effect of Membrane Environment on Surfactant Protein C Stability Studied by Constant-pH Molecular Dynamics

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2206-2217

  Carvalheda, Catarina A ^a   Campos, Sara R R ^a   Baptista, António M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; CONFORMATIONS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CONFORMATIONAL BEHAVIOR; CONSTANT PH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HYDROPHOBIC CHARACTER; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PULMONARY SURFACTANT PROTEIN C; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SURFACTANT PROTEINS;

PH EFFECTS;

ISOPROTEIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; PROTEIN STABILITY;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN C;

EID: 84945581645     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00076     Document Type: Article

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