X-ray and thermodynamic studies of staphylococcal nuclease variants I92E and I92K: Insights into polarity of the protein interior

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 565-574

  Nguyen, Duc M ^a   Leila Reynald, R ^a   Gittis, Apostolos G ^a   Lattman, Eaton E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

buried water; dielectric constant; GnHCl, guanidinium hydrochloride; hydrophobic core; IR, ionizable residue; protein polarity; staphylococcal nuclease

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANIDINE; NUCLEASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; PH; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 3342908886     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.05.066     Document Type: Article

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