Electrostatic models for computing protonation and redox equilibria in proteins

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 533-551

  Ullmann, G Matthias ^a,b   Knapp, Ernst Walter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

ELECTROSTATICS; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS; PROTONS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0000000699     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050236     Document Type: Review

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