Backbone dipoles generate positive potentials in all proteins: Origins and implications of the effect

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1126-1144

  Gunner, Marilyn R ^a   Saleh, Mohammad A ^a   Cross, Elizabeth ^a   Ud Doula, Asif ^a   Wise, Michael ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIGAND; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PKA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034091669     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76671-9     Document Type: Article

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