MCCE analysis of the pK as of introduced buried acids and bases in staphylococcal nuclease

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3306-3319

  Gunner, M R ^a   Zhu, Xuyu ^a   Klein, Max C ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum electrostatics; MCCE; PK a; SNase; Staphylococcal nuclease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ACID; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTICONFORMATION CONTINUUM ELECTROSTATIC; MUTATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATISTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 81055157735     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.23124     Document Type: Article

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