Very fast empirical prediction and rationalization of protein pK a values

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 704-721

  Li, Hui ^a,c   Robertson, Andrew D ^b   Jensen, Jan H ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICS; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACIDS; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 28644432877     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20660     Document Type: Article

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