Position-dependent interactions between cysteine residues and the helix dipole

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-81

  Miranda, J J L ^a,b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Helix capping; Helix dipole; Hemoglobin; Hydrogen bond; Myoglobin; Thiolate; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CYSTEINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOL; THIOREDOXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; WHALE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS; THIOREDOXIN; WHALES;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037215326     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0224203     Document Type: Article

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