The role of α-, 310-, and π-helix in helix→coil transitions

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1145-1157

  Armen, Roger ^a   Alonso, Darwin O V ^a   Daggett, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

helix; 310 helix; Conformational ensemble; Force shifted cutoff; Helix coil transition; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0038245156     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0240103     Document Type: Article

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