Effects of turn stability and side-chain hydrophobicity on the folding of β-structures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 402, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 595-609

  Shao, Qiang ^a   Wei, Haiyan ^b   Gao, Yi Qin ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backbone hydrogen bond stability; Molecular dynamics simulation; Side chain hydrophobicity; Turn stability; structure folding

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN G;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 77956931639     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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