Structural and energetic responses to cavity-creating mutations in hydrophobic cores: observation of a buried water molecule and the hydrophilic nature of such hydrophobic cavities.
Buckle, A.M., Cramer, P., Fersht, A.R.(1996) Biochemistry 35: 4298-4305
- PubMed: 8605178 
- DOI: 10.1021/bi9524676
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- PubMed Abstract: 
We have solved the 2.0-A resolution crystal structures of four cavity-creating Ile/Leu-->Ala mutations in the hydrophobic core of barnase and compare and contrast the structural responses to mutation with those found for Leu-->Ala mutations in T4 lys ...