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. 2016 Dec 5;1(6):1081–1103. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00041

Table 3. Different Structural Factors of Protein Stability.

factors mesophilic α-CA thermophilic α-CA
total surface area 12 420 Å2 11 620 Å2
number of hydrogen bond 487 526
number of salt bridges 4 (all confined in a local region) 5 (dispersed in different places)
number of proline residues 15 (13 in loop) 11 (all in loop)
charged residues 44 62