The Role of Flexibility and Conformational Selection in the Binding Promiscuity of PDZ Domains

Márton Münz; Jotun Hein; Philip C. Biggin

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002749

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The Role of Flexibility and Conformational Selection in the Binding Promiscuity of PDZ Domains

Márton Münz,

Affiliations Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Jotun Hein,

Affiliations Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Philip C. Biggin

* E-mail: philip.biggin@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom
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The Role of Flexibility and Conformational Selection in the Binding Promiscuity of PDZ Domains

Márton Münz,
Jotun Hein,
Philip C. Biggin

Published: November 1, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002749

About the Authors

Márton Münz

Affiliations Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jotun Hein

Affiliations Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom

Philip C. Biggin

* E-mail: philip.biggin@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCB JH MM . Performed the experiments: MM. Analyzed the data: MM PCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM. Wrote the paper: MM PCB.

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