Optimal region of average side-chain entropy for fast protein folding

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 580-586

  Galzitskaya, Oxana V ^a,b   Surin, Alexei K ^b,c   Nakamura, Haruki ^a,d  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulations; Native topology; Optimal balance; Protein Stability; Side chain packing; Unfolded regions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034028323     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.3.580     Document Type: Article

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