Cosolvent effects on protein stability

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-293

  Canchi, Deepak R ^a   García, Angel E ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics simulations; Preferential interaction; Protein folding; TMAO; Urea

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUTIONS; UREA;

COSOLVENT EFFECTS; COSOLVENTS; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; OSMOLYTES; PREFERENTIAL INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDINGS; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EXCIPIENT; METHYLAMINE; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE; UREA; WATER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EXCIPIENTS; HUMANS; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; UREA; WATER;

EID: 84876001560     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040412-110156     Document Type: Article

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