A new approach to the design of uniquely folded thermally stable proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 403-416

  Jiang, Xin ^a   Pistor, Ernie ^a   Farid, Ramy S ^a   Farid, Hany ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational; Conformational entropy; Convergence temperature; Heat capacity; Metropolis Monte Carlo; Protein design; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; METHIONINE; MYOGLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0033998280     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.2.403     Document Type: Article

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