Stability of proteins: Temperature, pressure and the role of the solvent

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1749, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-213

  Scharnagl, Christina ^a   Reif, Maria ^a   Friedrich, Josef ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosolvent and stability; Fluctuation and correlation; Folding denaturing transition; Molecular dynamics simulation; Phase diagram of protein; Protein solvent interaction; Thermodynamics of protein

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; GLYCEROL; PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENT; FORCE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARAMETER; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSOR; SIMULATION; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 20144369761     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2005.03.002     Document Type: Review

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