Exploring the propensities of helices in PrPC to form β sheet using NMR structures and sequence alignments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1268-1280

  Dima, R I ^a   Thirumalai, D ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DATA BASE; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANAS SP.; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DATABASES; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PRPC PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036708438     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)73899-X     Document Type: Article

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