Characterizing hydrophobicity of amino acid side chains in a protein environment via measuring contact angle of a water nanodroplet on planarpeptide network

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 46, 2016, Pages 12946-12951

  Zhu, Chongqin ^a,b   Gao, Yurui ^a   Li, Hui ^b,c   Meng, Sheng ^c,d,e   Li, Lei ^a   Francisco, Joseph S ^a   Zeng, Xiao Cheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^e The Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter   (China)

Author keywords

Amino Acids; Contact Angle; Hydrophobicity; Nanodroplet; Water

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTACT ANGLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVATION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTABILITY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACIDS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; WATER;

EID: 85047290696     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1616138113     Document Type: Article

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