Protein binding hot spots and the residue-residue pairing preference: a water exclusion perspective

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A protein binding hot spot is a small cluster of residues tightly packed at the center of the interface between two interacting proteins. Though a hot spot constitutes a small fraction of the interface, it is vital to the stability o...

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Main Authors: Li Jinyan, Liu Qian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/244