Salt bridge interactions: Stability of the ionic and neutral complexes in the gas phase, in solution, and in proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-79

  Barril, X ^a   Aleman C ^b   Orozco, M ^a   Luque, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuum models; Electrostatic interactions; Protein stability; Proton transfer; Salt bridge; Solvation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; METHYLGUANIDINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLVATION;

EID: 84962348955     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980701)32:1<67::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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