On the zwitterionic nature of gas-phase peptides and protein ions

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Marchese, Roberto ^a   Grandori, Rita ^b   Carloni, Paolo ^a,c,d   Raugei, Simone ^a,e  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GASES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHARGE STATE; CHARGED RESIDUES; COMPUTATIONAL PROTOCOLS; GAS PHASE PEPTIDES; GAS-PHASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA; NET CHARGES; PEPTIDES IONS; PROTEIN IONS; ZWITTERIONICS;

PEPTIDES;

AMPHOLYTE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRADYKININ; NANOCAGE; TRYPTOPHAN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TRP CAGE PEPTIDE; TRP-CAGE PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY COST; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GAS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; BRADYKININ; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77955477366     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000775     Document Type: Article

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