Peptide Solvation and H-bonds

New Directions in the Study of Peptide H-bonds and Peptide Solvation

Robert Baldwin (Volume editor), David James Baker (Volume editor)

9780120342723, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 15 March 2006

312 pages, Illustrated
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.63 kg

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Volume 72, Peptide Solvation and H-bonds, addresses the role of peptide backbone solvation in the energetics of protein folding. Particular attention is focused on modeling and computation. This volume will be of particular interest to biophysicists and structural biologists.

Preface: New Directions in the Study of Peptide H-bonds and Peptide Solvation
Potential Functions for Hydrogen Bonds in Protein Structure Prediction and Design
Backbone-Backbone H-Bonds Make Context Dependent Contributions to Protein Folding Kinetics and Thermodynamics: Lessons from Amide-to-Ester Mutations
Modeling Polarization in Proteins and Protein-Ligand Complexes: Methods and Preliminary Results
Hydrogen Bonds in Molecular Mechanics Force Fields
Resonance Character of Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in Water and Other H-Bonded Species
How Hydrogen Bonds Shape Membrane Protein Structure
Peptide and Protein Folding and Conformational Equilibria: Theoretical Treatment of Electrostatics and Hydrogen Bonding with Implicit Solvent Models
Thermodynamics of &alpha
-Helix Formation
The Importance of Cooperative Interactions and A Solid State Paradigm to Proteins – What Peptide Chemists Can Learn from Molecular Crystals

Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Proteins [PSBC], Biochemistry [PSB], Biophysics [PHVN]