Role of hydrophobicity and solvent-mediated charge-charge interactions in stabilizing α-helices

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2637-2646

  Vila, Jorge A ^a,b   Ripoll, Daniel R ^b   Villegas, Myriam E ^a   Vorobjev, Yuri N ^c   Scheraga, Harold A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; LYSINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0031768734     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77709-4     Document Type: Article

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