Native Contact Density and Nonnative Hydrophobic Effects in the Folding of Bacterial Immunity Proteins

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Tao ^a   Chan, Hue Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS;

COLICIN IMMUNITY PROTEINS; CONTACT DENSITY; FOLDING INTERMEDIATES; FOLDINGS; HYDROPHOBIC EFFECT; IMMUNITY PROTEIN IM7; IMMUNITY PROTEINS; NATIVE CONTACTS; NATIVE-CENTRIC MODELS; NON-NATIVE INTERACTIONS;

DIFFUSION;

COLICIN; PROTEIN IM7; PROTEIN IM9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN IMMUNITY PROTEINS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BIOPHYSICS; CONTACT DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLICINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84930608409     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004260     Document Type: Article

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