Are acidic and basic groups in buried proteins predicted to be ionized?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 348, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1283-1298

  Kim, Jinrang ^a   Mao, Junjun ^a   Gunner, M R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried charges; Continuum electrostatics; Multi conformation; pKa; Structural genomics

Indexed keywords

ANION; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL GROUP; LYSINE; PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOLVATION; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS;

EID: 18144394277     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.051     Document Type: Article

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