Folding-unfolding energy change of a simple sphere model protein and an energy landscape of the folding process

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 408-416

  Fukunishi, Yoshifumi ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Potential energy curve; Protein folding; Semi empirical calculation; Two state model

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0032534036     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19981115)33:3<408::AID-PROT9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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