Free energies of amino acid side-chain rotamers in α-helices, β-sheets and α-helix N-caps

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 456-464

  Stapley, Benjamin J ^a   Doig, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free energy; Internal rotation; Protein stability; Rotamer; Side chain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; ENTROPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 0031587287     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1250     Document Type: Article

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