Structural details of urea binding to barnase: A molecular dynamics analysis

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 477-488

  Caflisch, Amedeo ^a   Karplus, Martin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnase; Folding; Hydrophobic effect; Solvation; Urea

Indexed keywords

BARNASE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BINDING SITE; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVATION;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS;

EID: 0033134665     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80064-1     Document Type: Article

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