A MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF SEQUENCE-DIRECTED RECOGNITION PEPTIDES INTERACTING WITH BIGENDOTHELIN

Detailed insights into the mechanisms and forces responsible for the highly selective binding of three sequence-directed recognition peptides to bigendothelin are provided by the combined use of computer-aided model building techniques, molecular dynamics simulations and quantitative structure-activity analysis. The relevance of the analysis of the interactions between the peptides during the molecular dynamics simulation to peptide design is highlighted.