Communication: The electrostatic polarization is essential to differentiate the helical propensity in polyalanine mutants

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Wei, Caiyi ^a   Tung, Dickson ^a   Yip, Yew Mun ^a   Mei, Ye ^b,c   Zhang, Dawei ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC POLARIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FOLDING PROCESS; FORCE FIELDS; HELICAL CONTENT; HELIX FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLARIZATION EFFECT; POLYALANINE; POLYALANINE PEPTIDES; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SEQUENCE VARIATIONS; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ETHANOL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDES;

POLARIZATION;

PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 79957510489     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3581888     Document Type: Article

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