Dependence of folding dynamics and structural stability on the location of a hydrophobic pair in β-hairpins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-570

  Imamura, Hideo ^a   Chen, Jeff Z Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hairpin folding; Monte Carlo simulations; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BETA HAIRPIN; ENERGY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33646064742     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20846     Document Type: Article

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