Contribution of water molecules in the interior of a protein to the conformational stability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 132-142

  Takano, Kazufumi ^a   Funahashi, Jun ^a   Yamagata, Yuriko ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^a   Yutani, Katsuhide ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavity; Human lysozyme; Hydrophobicity; Protein stability; Water molecule

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; WATER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030696285     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1365     Document Type: Article

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