Effect of hexafluoroisopropanol alcohol on the structure of melittin: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2582-2589

  Roccatano, Danilo ^a   Fioroni, Marco ^b   Zacharias, Martin ^a   Colombo, Giorgio ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

helix stability; Cosolvent effect; Fluorinated alcohol; Helix bending; Peptide folding; Preferential solvation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEXAFLUORO 2 PROPANOL; MELITTIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MELITTEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROPANOLS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 25844479815     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051426605     Document Type: Article

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