Heat capacities of amino acids, peptides and proteins

Biophys Chem. 1998 Apr 20;71(2-3):133-56. doi: 10.1016/s0301-4622(98)00095-7.

Abstract

The heat capacity is one of the fundamental parameters describing thermodynamic properties of a system. It has wide applications in a number of areas such as polymer chemistry, protein folding and DNA stability. To aid the scientific community in the analysis of such data, I have compiled a database on the experimentally measured heat capacities of amino acids, polyamino acids, peptides, and proteins in solid state and in aqueous solutions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Calorimetry
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Protein Denaturation
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Temperature
  • Thermodynamics
  • Water / metabolism

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Peptides
  • Proteins
  • Water