Solvation of proteins: Linking thermodynamics to geometry

Mecke K (2007)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2007

Journal

Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Book Volume: 99

Journal Issue: 12

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.128101

Abstract

We calculate the solvation free energy of proteins in the tube model of Banavar and Maritan [Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 23 (2003)] using morphological thermodynamics which is based on Hadwiger's theorem of integral geometry. Thereby we extend recent results by Snir and Kamien [Science 307, 1067 (2005)] to hard-sphere solvents at finite packing fractions and obtain new conclusions. Depending on the solvent properties, parameter regions are identified where the beta sheet, the optimal helix, or neither is favored.

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APA:

Mecke, K. (2007). Solvation of proteins: Linking thermodynamics to geometry. Physical Review Letters, 99(12). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.128101

MLA:

Mecke, Klaus. "Solvation of proteins: Linking thermodynamics to geometry." Physical Review Letters 99.12 (2007).

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