Cold unfolding of β-hairpins: A molecular-level rationalization

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1739-1746

  Riccio, Angelo ^a   Graziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

hairpin; Cold unfolding; Solvent accessible surface area; Solvent excluded volume

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

COLD TEMPERATURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955738420     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22997     Document Type: Article

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