Examination of tyrosine/adenine stacking interactions in protein complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 14001-14008

  Copeland, Kari L ^a,d   Pellock, Samuel J ^b   Cox, James R ^b   Cafiero, Mauricio L ^c   Tschumper, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^d JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE BASIS SET LIMIT; CRYSTALLINE PROTEIN; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY METHODS; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; INTERACTION ENERGIES; LOW-ENERGY CONFORMATIONS; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; STACKING INTERACTION;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEINS;

AMINO ACIDS;

4-CRESOL; ADENINE; CRESOL; CRYSTALLIN; PARA CRESOL; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DATABASE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENINE; CRESOLS; CRYSTALLINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHENYLALANINE; THERMODYNAMICS; TYROSINE;

EID: 84887865998     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408027j     Document Type: Article

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