Fluctuations in ion pairs and their stabilities in proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 433-454

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conformer; Electrostatics; Ion pair; NMR ensemble; Protein stability; Salt bridge

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; ION; MONOMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROSTATICS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SALTS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035371061     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.1056     Document Type: Article

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