Position dependence of amino acid intrinsic helical propensities II: Non-charged polar residues: Ser, Thr, Asn, and Gln

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2144-2150

  Petukhov, Michael ^a   Uegaki, Koichi ^b   Yumoto, Noboru ^b   Yoshikawa, Susumu ^b   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Entropy; Folding; Hydration; Secondary structure; Stability; helix

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GLYCINE; SERINE; THREONINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; HYDRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0032869079     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.10.2144     Document Type: Article

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