Positional preference of proline in α-helices

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1492-1499

  Kim, Mee Kyoung ^a   Kang, Young Kee ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conformational energy calculations; Positional preference; Proline; helices

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0001422048     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.7.1492     Document Type: Article

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