The Differential Response of Proteins to Macromolecular Crowding

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Candotti, Michela ^a   Orozco, Modesto ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYOLS;

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; POLY ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL); PROTEIN BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; SYNTHETIC AGENTS;

PROTEINS;

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; MACROMOLECULE; PROTEIN; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; WATER;

EID: 84979986095     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005040     Document Type: Article

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