Side-chain contributions to membrane protein structure and stability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 297-305

  Faham, Salem ^a   Yang, Duan ^a   Bare, Emiko ^a   Yohannan, Sarah ^a   Whitelegge, Julian P ^a   Bowie, James U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Helix kink; Hydrogen bond; Protein folding; Van der Waals

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; FORCE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0344687314     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.041     Document Type: Article

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