Effects of end group and aggregation on helix conformation: Crystal structure of Ac-(Aib-Val-Ala-Leu)2-Aib-OMe

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-116

  Karle, Isabella L ^a   Flippen Anderson, Judith L ^a   Uma, Kuchibhotla ^b   Balaram, Padmanabhan ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

310 helices; All parallel helix assemblies; Helix transition; Two conformers; Water associated with non polar helices; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030089622     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.52     Document Type: Article

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