Electrostatic Contributions to the Stability of the GCN4 Leucine Zipper Structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 206-219

  Matousek, William M ^a   Ciani, Barbara ^b   Fitch, Carolyn A ^c   Garcia Moreno E , Bertrand ^c   Kammerer, Richard A ^b   Alexandrescu, Andrei T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

finite difference Poisson Boltzmann; ionization constant; protein folding; salt bridges; helix

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 35349003263     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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