An empirical model for electrostatic interactions in proteins incorporating multiple geometry-dependent dielectric constants

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 360-377

  Wisz, Michael S ^a,b   Hellinga, Homme W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge; Environment dependent; PKa values; Prediction; Protein design; Self energy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037963208     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10332     Document Type: Article

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