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Similar energetic contributions of packing in the core of membrane and water-soluble proteins.
Journal of the American Chemical Society - 12 Aug 2009
Joh Nathan H, Oberai Amit, Yang Duan, Whitelegge Julian P, Bowie James U
Abstract excerpt
A major driving force for water-soluble protein folding is the hydrophobic effect, but membrane proteins cannot make use of this stabilizing contribution in the apolar core of the bilayer. It has been proposed that membrane proteins compensate by packing more efficiently. We therefore investigate...
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