Amino acid conformational preferences and solvation of polar backbone atoms in peptides and proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1335-1359

  Avbelj, Franc ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amino acid preferences; Electrostatic screening; Secondary structure; Solvation free energy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY COST; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLVATION;

EID: 0034725551     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3901     Document Type: Article

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