Assessing the solvent-dependent surface area of unfolded proteins using an ensemble model

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3321-3326

  Gong, Haipeng ^a,b   Rose, George D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

turns; Hydrogen bonding; Protein folding; Unfolded state

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOLVENT; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY;

HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 42149084432     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712240105     Document Type: Article

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