Effects of surface-to-volume ratio of proteins on hydrophilic residues: Decrease in occurrence and increase in buried fraction

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1596-1602

  Shirota, Matsuyuki ^a   Ishida, Takashi ^a   Kinoshita, Kengo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid propensity; Domain size; Hydrophobicity; Protein structure; Surface to volume ratio

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LINEAR MODELS; LYSINE; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 50049085538     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.035592.108     Document Type: Article

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