2016
Understanding the physical basis for the side‐chain conformational preferences of methionine
Virrueta A, O'Hern CS, Regan L. Understanding the physical basis for the side‐chain conformational preferences of methionine. Proteins Structure Function And Bioinformatics 2016, 84: 900-911. PMID: 26917446, DOI: 10.1002/prot.25026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSide-chain dihedral angle distributionsAmino acidsHigh-resolution protein crystal structuresProtein-protein interfacesMet side chainsStructure of MetProtein crystal structuresVersatile amino acidDihedral angle distributionsProtein structureProtein coreIleSide chainsLeuValPheAcidThrObserved distributionCrystal structureMetSMethionineSerTyrSelenomethionineRandom close packing in protein cores
Gaines JC, Smith WW, Regan L, O'Hern CS. Random close packing in protein cores. Physical Review E 2016, 93: 032415. PMID: 27078398, DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.032415.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Predicting the side‐chain dihedral angle distributions of nonpolar, aromatic, and polar amino acids using hard sphere models
Zhou AQ, O'Hern CS, Regan L. Predicting the side‐chain dihedral angle distributions of nonpolar, aromatic, and polar amino acids using hard sphere models. Proteins Structure Function And Bioinformatics 2014, 82: 2574-2584. PMID: 24912976, DOI: 10.1002/prot.24621.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Revisiting the Ramachandran plot from a new angle
Zhou AQ, O'Hern CS, Regan L. Revisiting the Ramachandran plot from a new angle. Protein Science 2011, 20: 1166-1171. PMID: 21538644, PMCID: PMC3149190, DOI: 10.1002/pro.644.Peer-Reviewed Original Research