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ArticleScientific reports2021

Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations reveal self-association sites in M-crystallin caused by mutations provide insights of cataract.

Sunita Patel, Ramakrishna V Hosur

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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Sunita PatelUM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai University Campus, Vidyanagari, Mumbai, 400098, India. sunita.iitb@gmail.com.
Ramakrishna V HosurUM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai University Campus, Vidyanagari, Mumbai, 400098, India.

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Abstract

Crystallins are ubiquitous, however, prevalence is seen in eye lens. Eye lens crystallins are long-lived and structural intactness is required for maintaining lens transparency and protein solubility. Mutations in crystallins often lead to cataract. In this study, we performed mutations at specific sites of M-crystallin, a close homologue of eye lens crystallin and studied by using replica exchange molecular dynamics simulation with generalized Born implicit solvent model. Mutations were made on the Ca

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationMutationCataractCrystallinsHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLens, CrystallineProtein FoldingCrystallins

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