Electrostatic contributions to T4 lysozyme stability: Solvent-exposed charges versus semi-buried salt bridges

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1341-1347

  Dong, Feng ^a,b   Zhou, Huan Xiang ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; SOLVENT; INORGANIC SALT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PH; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SALTS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036708444     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)73904-0     Document Type: Article

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