Energy landscape and dynamics of the β-hairpin G peptide and its isomers: Topology and sequences

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1882-1893

  Ma, Buyong ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

hairpin; peptide; Hydrogen bonding; Hydrophobic interactions; Protein folding; Side chain interaction

Indexed keywords

G PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; ENERGY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0042512009     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0306103     Document Type: Article

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