Coulombic attractions between partially chargedmain-chain atoms stabilise the right-handed twist found in most β-strands

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 374-384

  Maccallum, Peter H ^a   Poet, Ron ^b   Milner White, E James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrostatic; Polyproline; Ramachandran plot; Twist; sheet

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; COLLAGEN; OXYGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029078444     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(95)80057-3     Document Type: Article

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