Effect of the N1 residue on the stability of the α-helix for all 20 amino acids

Protein Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 463-470

  Cochran, D A E ^a   Penel, S ^a   Doig, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helix; Circular dichroism; Helix propensities; Helix coil theory; Macrodipole; N1 position; Protein folding; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0035106699     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.31001     Document Type: Article

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