The jigsaw puzzle model: Search for conformational specificity in protein interiors

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 211-226

  Banerjee, Rahul ^a   Sen, Malabika ^a   Bhattacharya, Dhananjay ^a   Saha, Partha ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic core; Jigsaw puzzle; Packing; Side chain; Surface complementarity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RANDOMIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141680467     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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