Impact of vibrational entropy on the stability of unsolvated peptide helices with increasing length

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5574-5584

  Rossi, Mariana ^a   Scheffler, Matthias ^a   Blum, Volker ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDES; STABILIZATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CONFORMATIONAL SPACE; DISPERSION INTERACTION; ENTROPIC STABILIZATION; HELICAL CONFORMERS; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATIONAL MODES; VIBRATIONAL ENTROPY;

POLYPEPTIDES;

EID: 84877706122     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402087e     Document Type: Article

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