Steric restrictions in protein folding: An α-helix cannot be followed by a contiguous β-strand

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 633-639

  Fitzkee, Nicholas C ^a   Rose, George D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein folding; Protein secondary structure; Ramachandran plot; Unfolded protein

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COVALENT BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 1342268081     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03503304     Document Type: Article

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