A statistical approach to the prediction of pKa values in proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  He, Yun ^a,c   Xu, Jialin ^b   Pan, Xian Ming ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Deprotonation; Electrostatic interaction; Protein ionizable residues pKa prediction; Protonation; Residue interaction

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ELECTRICITY; IONIZATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PKA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 34548336931     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21478     Document Type: Article

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