"Hot cores" in proteins: Comparative analysis of the apolar contact area in structures from hyper/thermophilic and mesophilic organisms

BMC Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Paiardini, Alessandro ^a   Sali, Riccardo ^a   Bossa, Francesco ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL GROUP; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42149186292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-8-14     Document Type: Article

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