Role of water in protein folding, oligomerization, amyloidosis and miniprotein

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 747-759

  Vajda, Tamás ^a   Perczel, András ^a  

^a MTA ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group and Laboratory of Structural Chemistry and Biology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

amyloid fibrils; folding; miniproteins; oligomers; protein hydration

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; KNOTTIN; METAL ION; MONOMER; PROTEIN; WATER; AMYLOID PROTEIN; COPPER; PEPTIDE; TRP-CAGE PEPTIDE; ZINC;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DEHYDRATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINOSIS;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; COPPER; HUMANS; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN AGGREGATION, PATHOLOGICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; ZINC;

EID: 84908265591     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.2671     Document Type: Review

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