Role of cation-π interactions in single chain 'all-alpha' proteins

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 655-662

  Martis, Remila L ^a   Singh, Sameer Kumar ^a   Gromiha, M Michael ^b   Santhosh, C ^a  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha proteins; Cation interactions; Interaction energy; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

CATION; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; CATION; DATA SET; LIGAND; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ELECTROSTATICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 38649126534     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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