Evaluation of the Energetic Contribution of Interhelical Coulombic Interactions for Coiled Coil Helix Orientation Specificity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 371-383

  McClain, Diana L ^a   Binfet, Joseph P ^a   Oakley, Martha G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Coulombic interactions; Helix orientation specificity; Protein design; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; UREA;

EID: 0035914479     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5044     Document Type: Article

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