Rotamer strain as a determinant of protein structural specificity

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2598-2610

  Lazar, Greg A ^a   Johnson, Eric C ^a   Desjarlais, John R ^b   Handel, Tracy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic core; NMR; Packing; Protein design; Rotamer; Specificity; Strain; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033458847     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.12.2598     Document Type: Article

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