Do salt bridges stabilize proteins? A continuum electrostatic analysis

Protein Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 211-226

  Hendsch, Zachary S ^a   Tidor, Bruce ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

continuum electrostatics; ion pairs; Poisson Boltzmann equation; protein electrostatics; protein stability; salt bridges

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; PROTON; UTEROGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIC STRENGTH; MODEL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOFTWARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0028204490     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560030206     Document Type: Article

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