The role of protein homochirality in shaping the energy landscape of folding

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1667-1675

  Nanda, Vikas ^a   Andrianarijaona, Aina ^a   Narayanan, Chitra ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding funnel; Lattice chain model; Protein design; Tacticity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTHALPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34547572093     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.072867007     Document Type: Article

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