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ArticleEuropean biophysics journal : EBJ2007

A molecular dynamics study of Cyclophilin A free and in complex with the Ala-Pro dipeptide.

Pekka Mark, Lennart Nilsson

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Article in European biophysics journal : EBJ, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pekka MarkDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden.
Lennart Nilsson
Karolinska Institutet · SEKTH Royal Institute of Technology · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Six different molecular dynamics simulations of Cyclophilin A, three with the protein free in water and three with the Ala-Pro dipeptide bound to the protein, have been performed, and analysed with respect to structure and hydration of the active site. The water structure in the binding pocket of the free Cyclophilin A was found to mimic the experimentally obtained binding cis conformation of the dipeptide. Cyclophilin A is a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase), but the mechanism of the cis/trans isomerization is not exactly clear. This study was performed to understand better the binding between dipeptide and Cyclophilin A, but also two previously proposed isomerization mechanisms are discussed.

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Models, ChemicalModels, MolecularBinding SitesComputer SimulationCyclophilin ADipeptidesKineticsProtein BindingProtein ConformationWateralanylprolineCyclophilin ADipeptidesWater

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PMID17225137
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