Geometrically centered region: A "wet" model of protein binding hot spots not excluding water molecules

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3304-3316

  Li, Zhenhua ^a   Li, Jinyan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Burial level; GCR; Hot spot; O ring; Water mediated contact

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; GENE MUTATION; GEOMETRICALLY CENTERED REGION; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 78349271620     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22838     Document Type: Article

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