Hydrogen bonding interactions between glutamine and asparagine in α-helical peptides

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 465-473

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helix coil; Hydrogen bond; Protein folding; Side chain; helix

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0031587297     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1262     Document Type: Article

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