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Electrostatics significantly affect the stability of designed homeodomain variants.
Journal of molecular biology - 8 Feb 2002
Marshall Shannon A, Morgan Chantal S, Mayo Stephen L
Abstract excerpt
The role of electrostatic interactions in determining the stability of designed proteins was studied by constructing and analyzing a set of designed variants of the Drosophila engrailed homeodomain. Computational redesign of 29 surface positions results in a 25-fold mutant with moderate stability, similar to the wild-type protein. Incorporating helix dipole and N-capping considerations into the design algorithm...
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