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Influence of peptide dipoles and hydrogen bonds on reactive cysteine pKa values in fission yeast DJ-1.
The FEBS journal - 1 Nov 2012
Madzelan Peter, Labunska Tetyana, Wilson Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Cysteine residues with depressed pK(a) values are critical for the functions of many proteins. Several types of interactions can stabilize cysteine thiolate anions, including hydrogen bonds between thiol(ate)s and nearby residues as well as electrostatic interactions involving charged residues or dipoles. Dipolar stabilization of thiolates by peptide groups has been suggested to play a particularly important role...
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