Solvent structure at a hydrophobic protein surface

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-404

  Kovacs, Helena ^a,b   Mark, Alan E ^a   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer simulation; GROMOS; hydration; molecular dynamics; protein solvent interactions; radial distribution function; solvation; solvent residence times; SPC water

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHLOROFORM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; METHANOL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEOLIPIDS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 0030965411     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199703)27:3<395::AID-PROT7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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