The folding mechanism of a β-sheet: The WW domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 373-393

  Jäger, Marcus ^a   Nguyen, Houbi ^b   Crane, Jason C ^b   Kelly, Jeffery W ^a   Gruebele, Martin ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairpin; Hydrophobic effect; Kramers theory; Phi value; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; ENTROPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035839050     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4873     Document Type: Article

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