Assessing the fractions of tautomeric forms of the imidazole ring of histidine in proteins as a function of pH

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

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5602-5607

  Vila, Jorge A ^a,b   Arnautova, Yelena A ^a,d   Vorobjev, Yury ^c   Scheraga, Harold A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^d Molsoft LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Histidine protonation; Histidine tautomers; PH effect; Side chain conformation

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DIPEPTIDE; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN; IMIDAZOLE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLID STATE;

EID: 79955017879     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102373108     Document Type: Article

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