High apparent dielectric constant inside a protein reflects structural reorganization coupled to the ionization of an internal Asp

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2041-2053

  Karp, Daniel A ^a   Gittis, Apostolos G ^a   Stahley, Mary R ^a   Fitch, Carolyn A ^a   Stites, Wesley E ^b   García Moreno E , Bertrand ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; MOLECULE; PH; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33947683393     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090266     Document Type: Article

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