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The effects of amino-acid mutations on specific interactions between urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its receptor: Ab initio molecular orbital calculations.
Journal of molecular graphics & modelling - 1 Aug 2011
Tsuji Shingo, Kasumi Tomoyo, Nagase Keisuke, Yoshikawa Eri, Kobayashi Hiroshi, Kurita Noriyuki
Abstract excerpt
During cancer invasion, the binding of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) to its receptor (uPAR) on the surface of a cancer cell is considered a trigger for invasion. Here, we present a stable structure of the solvated complex formed between uPA and uPAR (uPA-uPAR) and investigate the specific interactions between uPA and uPAR by ab initio fragment molecular orbital (FMO) calculations. The result...
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