Packing at the protein-water interface.
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Packing at the protein–water interface (x-ray crystal structureyprotein surfaceyVoronoi polyhedraysolvent structure)
We have determined the packing efficiency at the protein–water interface by calculating the volumes of atoms on the protein surface and nearby water molecules in 22 crystal structures. We find that an atom on the protein surface occupies, on average, a volume '7% larger than an atom of equivalent chemical type in the protein core. In these calculations, larger volumes result from voids between ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.19.10167