title: The effect of sodium chloride on poly-l-glutamate conformation.
abstract: A large-scale fully-atomistic molecular dynamics simulation of poly-l-glutamate demonstrates that a small amount of sodium chloride switches the preferred conformation from an extended conformation to a compact alpha-helix.
authors.affiliation: Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.
authors.forename: Maxim V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Fedorov
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schumm
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011099:Polyglutamic Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride