Insights into Medium-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Structure by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 281-292

  Bonito, Cátia A ^a   Leandro, Paula ^a   Ventura, Fátima V ^a   Guedes, Rita C ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

fatty acyl substrate; flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor; free energy of binding; medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase; medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency; mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation; molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; MEDIUM CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAMER; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS OF GYRATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE FLUCTUATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; PIG; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SWINE;

EID: 84962748843     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: 17470285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12755     Document Type: Article

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