Influence of solvent molecules on the stereochemical code of glycyl residues in proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 326-334

  Eswar, Narayanan ^a,b   Nagarajaram, H A ^a,c   Ramakrishnan, C ^a   Srinivasan, N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

Glycyl residues; Protein structures; Ramachandran map; Solvation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 0037110546     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10226     Document Type: Article

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