Conservation of polar residues as hot spots at protein interfaces

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 331-342

  Hu, Zengjian ^a   Ma, Buyong ^a   Wolfson, Haim ^b   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Molecular recognition; Protein folding; Protein protein interfaces

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HORMONES; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PROTEINS; RHINOVIRUS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0034213559     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000601)39:4<331::AID-PROT60>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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