Solvent effects on the conformational transition of a model polyalanine peptide

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2909-2924

  Nguyen, Hung D ^a   Marchut, Alexander J ^a   Hall, Carol K ^a  

^a Campus Box 7908   (United States)

Author keywords

transition; Discontinuous molecular dynamics; Polyalanine; Secondary structures; Solvent conditions

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 7244253280     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04701304     Document Type: Article

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