Hydrophobic environment is a key factor for the stability of thermophilic proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 715-721

  Gromiha, M Michael ^a   Pathak, Manish C ^b   Saraboji, Kadhirvel ^c   Ortlund, Eric A ^b   Gaucher, Eric A ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

EF Tu proteins; Protein stability; Surrounding hydrophobicity; Thermophilic proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION PAIR EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOPHILE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOPHILE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84874797243     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24232     Document Type: Article

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