Electrostatic Effects in a Network of Polar and Ionizable Groups in Staphylococcal Nuclease

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 379, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1045-1062

  Baran, Kelli L ^a   Chimenti, Michael S ^a   Schlessman, Jamie L ^b   Fitch, Carolyn A ^a   Herbst, Katie J ^a   Garcia Moreno, Bertrand E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

continuum electrostatics; GdmCl; guanidinium chloride; histidine; hyperstable form of SNase; MD; molecular dynamics; networks; NMR spectroscopy; NVIAGA; pKa values; SNase

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 44349142271     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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