Environment of tryptophan side chains in proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 288-300

  Samanta, Uttamkumar ^a   Pal, Debnath ^a   Chakrabarti, Pinak ^a,b  

^a Base Institute   (India)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bond; Protein stability; Solvent accessibility; Tryptophan; Weak interactions

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PROLINE; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

EID: 0034651772     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000215)38:3<288::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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