Numerical calculations of the pH of maximal protein stability: The effect of the sequence composition and three-dimensional structure

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-185

  Alexov, Emil ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; Optimum pH; pH stability; pKa

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TITRIMETRY;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATHEPSIN B; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1642499126     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03917.x     Document Type: Article

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