Refolding simulations of an isolated fragment of barnase into a native- likeβ hairpin: Evidence for compactness and hydrogen bonding as concurrent stabilizing factors

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-227

  Prévost, Martine ^a   Ortmans, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

hairpin; Compactness; Hydrogen bonding; Molecular Dynamics simulations; Peptide conformation; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEN BONDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 1842334454     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199710)29:2<212::AID-PROT9>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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