Dissecting the stability of a β-hairpin peptide that folds in water: NMR and molecular dynamics analysis of the β-turn and β-strand contributions to folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1051-1069

  Griffiths Jones, Samuel R ^a   Maynard, Allister J ^a   Searle, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydration; Molecular dynamics simulations; Protein folding; Urea denaturation; hairpin peptides

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENATURATION; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033536659     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3119     Document Type: Article

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