Local and macroscopic electrostatic interactions in single α-helices
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Local and macroscopic electrostatic interactions in single α-helices.
The noncovalent forces that stabilize protein structures are not fully understood. One way to address this is to study equilibria between unfolded states and α-helices in peptides. Electrostatic forces-which include interactions between side chains, the backbone and side chains, and side chains and the helix macrodipole-are believed to contribute to these equilibria. Here we probe these interac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Chemical Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1552-4450,1552-4469
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1739