Use of experimental crystallographic phases to examine the hydration of polar and nonpolar cavities in T4 lysozyme

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

Volumn 105, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 14406-14411

  Liu, Lijun ^a   Quillin, Michael L ^a   Matthews, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bound water; Hydrogen bonding; Protein cavity

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 55749086402     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806307105     Document Type: Article

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