Role of Backbone Hydration and Salt-Bridge Formation in Stability of α-Helix in Solution

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3187-3193

  Ghosh, Tuhin ^a,b   Garde, Shekhar ^b   García, Angel E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; SOLVATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0242385345     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74736-5     Document Type: Article

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