Postional dependence of the effects of negatively charged glu side chains on the stability of two-stranded α-helical coiled-coils

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-223

  Kohn, Wayne D ^a   Kay, Cyril M ^a   Hodges, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Electrostatic interactions; Helix dipole; Protein stability; helices

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031133303     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1387(199705)3:3<209::aid-psc102>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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