Experimental measures of amino acid hydrophobicity and the topology of transmembrane and globular proteins

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Wolfenden, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYCLOHEXANE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROPHENOL; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PKA; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CYCLOHEXANES; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCTANOLS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

EID: 34247595392     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709743     Document Type: Review

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