Dimerization of Terminal Domains in Spiders Silk Proteins Is Controlled by Electrostatic Anisotropy and Modulated by Hydrophobic Patches

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 363-371

  Kurut, Anil ^a   Dicko, Cedric ^a   Lund, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dimer formation; electrostatic anisotropy; hydrophobic patchiness; Monte Carlo simulation; silk assembly; silk termini domains

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SILK; SILK PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMERIZATION; DIPOLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPIDER; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84969188108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ab500039q     Document Type: Article

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