Orientation, positional, additivity, and oligomerization-state effects of interhelical ion pairs in α-helical coiled-coils

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 993-1012

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

^a Dept Biochem Med Res Cncl G ^*

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Interhelical ionic interactions; Ion pair; Orientation dependence; Side chain packing

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0032514952     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2125     Document Type: Article

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