hydrophobic core

collocation in English

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hydrophobic
adjective
uk
/ˌhaɪdrəʊˈfəʊbɪk/us
/ˌhaɪdroʊˈfoʊbɪk/
chemistry
Hydrophobic substances cannot be mixed with or dissolved ...
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core
noun
uk
/kɔːr/us
/kɔːr/
the basic and most important part ...
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(Definition ofhydrophobicandcorefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The structures are characterized by ahydrophobiccoreand a well-solvated hydrophilic surface.
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After the separation of the b-strands thehydrophobiccorebecame exposed and then the domains could unravel.
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Protein folding mediated by solvation : water expulsion and formation of thehydrophobiccoreoccur after the structural collapse.
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Dendrimers withhydrophobiccoreand hydrophilic periphery have shown to exhibit micelle-like behavior and have container properties in solution.
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Thus disordered sequences can not bury sufficienthydrophobiccoreto fold like stable globular proteins.
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These methods emphasize thehydrophobiccoreand solvent-exposed polar amino acids often present in globular proteins.
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The conserved residues are those involved in zinc binding or thehydrophobiccoreof the protein.
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The membrane alone has ahydrophobiccorethrough which polar or charged molecules can not diffuse.
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The mass density of ethanol increases as the concentration increases which indicates ethanol is moving towards thehydrophobiccoreof the membrane.
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Thehydrophobiccoreof the bilayer is typically 3-4 nm thick, but this value varies with chain length and chemistry.
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Three disulfide bridges are located in thehydrophobiccorebetween the helix and sheet, forming a cysteine-stabilised alpha-helical motif.
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This protein wraps around thehydrophobiccoreof the lipids, effectively creating a soluble portion of membrane.
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The thickness of biological membrane is approximately same with thehydrophobiccoreof lipid bilayer.
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Other amino acids can then associate with thehydrophobiccoreof the -hairpin structure to enforce secure binding.
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These leucines were later shown to form thehydrophobiccoreof a coiled coil.
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N-glycosylation occurs in two sites in a long extracellular loop connecting two transmembrane domains within thehydrophobiccore.
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Thishydrophobiccoreand its interactions lock the shape of the enzyme even though the enzyme is a dynamic structure.
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In addition, a gap in the protein is accessible directly from thehydrophobiccoreof the inner leaflet of the membrane bilayer.
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This resistance is typically quite high since thehydrophobiccoreis impermeable to charged species.
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