Stability changes upon mutation of solvent-accessible residues in proteins evaluated by database-derived potentials

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1112-1126

  Gilis, Dimitri ^a   Rooman, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Backbone torsion potentials; Folding free energies; Protein stability; Residue residue interaction potentials; Single site mutations

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DATA BASE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029873155     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0226     Document Type: Article

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