Inter-helical interactions in the leucine zipper coiled coil dimer: pH and salt dependence of coupling energy between charged amino acids

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 959-972

  Krylov, Dmitry ^a,b   Barchi, Joe ^a   Vinson, Charles ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Coupling energy; Electrostatic interactions; Leucine zipper; Thermodynamic cycle

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DIMER; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032546758     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1762     Document Type: Article

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