Self-contacts in Asx and Glx residues of high-resolution protein structures: Role of local environment and tertiary interactions

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-33

  Pal, Tuhin Kumar ^a   Sankararamakrishnan, Ramasubbu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Accessible surface area; Carbonyl contacts; Intra residue hydrogen bond; Local hydrophobicity; Multiple interactions; Secondary structure preferences

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CARBONYLATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; TECHNOLOGY;

ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREA; ASPARTIC ACID; BACKBONE CARBONYL; CARBONYL CONTACTS; CARBONYL GROUPS; DATA-SETS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEAVY ATOMS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; INTRA-RESIDUE HYDROGEN BOND; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; LOCAL HYDROPHOBICITY; MAIN CHAINS; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS; NITROGEN ATOMS; POLAR GROUPS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SECONDARY STRUCTURE PREFERENCES; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SIDE CHAINS; SIMULTANEOUS INTERACTIONS; SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SURFACE AREAS; TERTIARY INTERACTIONS; WATER MOLECULES;

NONMETALS;

ASPARTIC ACID; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CELLULASE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; ISOPTERA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 49649085335     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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