Peptide bond distortions from planarity: New insights from quantum mechanical calculations and peptide/protein crystal structures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Improta, Roberto ^a   Vitagliano, Luigi ^a   Esposito, Luciana ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CARBON; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DATABASE; QUANTUM THEORY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CARBON; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 80052850167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024533     Document Type: Article

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