Analysis of main chain torsion angles in proteins: Prediction of NMR coupling constants for native and random coil conformations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 494-506

  Smith, Lorna J ^a   Bolin, Kimberly A ^a   Schwalbe, Harald ^a   MacArthur, Malcolm W ^b   Thornton, Janet M ^b   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupling constant; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Peptide model; Protein structure; Random coil

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029978353     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0041     Document Type: Article

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