Direct correlation between proteins' folding rates and their amino acid compositions: An ab initio folding rate prediction

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 362-372

  Ma, Bin Guang ^a,b   Guo, Jian Xiu ^a   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Folding rate prediction; Multistate proteins; Protein folding; Two state proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 33749035288     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21140     Document Type: Article

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