Modeling electrostatic effects in proteins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1764, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1647-1676

  Warshel, Arieh ^a   Sharma, Pankaz K ^a   Kato, Mitsunori ^a   Parson, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

COmputer modeling; Convergence; Electrostatic effect; Enzyme catalysis; Generalized Born model; Helix dipole; Ion channel; Long range effect; Macroscopic model; PDLD S LRA; pKa; Proton channel

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS;

EID: 33846076119     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.08.007     Document Type: Review

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