Fluorine: A new element in protein design

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-462

  Buer, Benjamin C ^a   Marsh, E Neil G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

4 helix bundle proteins; Antimicrobial peptides; Fluorinated amino acids; Fluorous separations; Protein design; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; LEUCINE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; FLUORINATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIGAND BINDING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84858683927     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2030     Document Type: Review

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