Understanding the importance of the aromatic amino-acid residues as hot-spots

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1834, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 404-414

  Moreira, I S ^a   Martins, J M ^a   Ramos, R M ^a   Fernandes, P A ^a   Ramos, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alanine scanning mutagenesis; Aromatic cluster; Aromatic residue; Cooperativity; Hot spot; SASA

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; DIMER; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; WATER;

ALANINE SCANNING MUTAGENESIS; ARTICLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84871721814     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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