Helix propensities of basic amino acids increase with the length of the side-chain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 726-734

  Padmanabhan, S ^a   York, Eunice J ^b   Stewart, John M ^b   Baldwin, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic amino acids; Chain length effects; Helix dipole; Peptide helices; helix stability

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; 2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIPOLE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029870910     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0197     Document Type: Article

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