Macroscopic electrostatic models for protonation states in proteins

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 1082-1099

  Bashford, Donald ^a  

^a Jude Children's Research Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; pKa; Proton transfer; Protonation; Review

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTON; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLVATION; TITRIMETRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; REVIEW;

ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEINS; PROTONS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 2442693239     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1187     Document Type: Article

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