Self-consistent field approach to protein structure and stability. I: pH dependence of electrostatic contribution

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 576-596

  Dimitrov, Roumen A ^a   Crichton, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

free energy minimization; local dielectric constant; local packing density; molecular field theory; titration curves

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; LYSOZYME; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEASE T1; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

APROTININ; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MURAMIDASE; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBONUCLEASES; SUBTILISINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0030970306     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199704)27:4<576::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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