Hydrophobic regions on protein surfaces. Derivation of the solvation energy from their area distribution in crystallographic protein structures

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1676-1686

  Eisenhaber, Frank ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

atomic solvation parameter; conformational energy; hydrophobic effect, hydrophobic surface region, molecular recognition, solvent accessible surface of proteins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030056418     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050821     Document Type: Article

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