Electrostatic interactions in leucine zippers: Thermodynamic analysis of the contributions of Glu and His residues and the effect of mutating salt bridges

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 621-637

  Marti, Daniel N ^a   Bosshard, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Mutation; pKa values; Protein thermodynamics; Salt bridges

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038047060     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00623-5     Document Type: Article

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