タンパク質-リガンド結合に対する小規模メチル回転器の反応:カルモジュリン-ペプチド結合のシミュレーション分析

Marimuthu Krishnan1, Jeremy C Smith

  • 1UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA. krishnanm@ornl.gov

まとめ

カルモジュリン (CaM) とのリガンド結合は,特定のメチル群の変化を引き起こし,タンパク質の動態に影響を与えます. これらのメチル群の変異は,リガンドの相互作用によってタンパク質の構造の変化を明らかにする.

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