Patterns in ionizable side chain interactions in protein structures

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-449

  Gandini, Daniele ^a   Gogioso, Luca ^a   Bolognesi, Martino ^a   Bordo, Domenico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

hydrogen bonds; ionizable side chains; salt bridges; secondary structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029986003     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199604)24:4<439::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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