Revisiting the Ramachandran plot: Hard-sphere repulsion, electrostatics, and H-bonding in the α-helix

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2508-2522

  Ho, Bosco K ^a   Thomas, Annick ^b   Brasseur, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

helix; H bonds; Hard sphere model; Ramachandran plot

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0142179047     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03235203     Document Type: Article

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