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Molecular dynamics of the frame-shifting pseudoknot from beet western yellows virus: the role of non-Watson-Crick base-pairing, ordered hydration, cation binding and base mutations on stability and unfolding.
Journal of molecular biology - 9 Nov 2001
Csaszar K, Spacková N, Stefl R, Sponer J, Leontis N B
Abstract excerpt
Molecular dynamics simulations of the frame-shifting pseudoknot from beet western yellows virus (BWYV, NDB file UR0004) were performed with explicit inclusion of solvent and counterions. In all, 33 ns of simulation were carried out, including 10 ns of the native structure with protonation of the crucial cytosine residue, C8(N3+). The native structure exhibited stable trajectories retaining all Watson-Crick and...
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